Álvaro de Arriba

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Arriba and the second or maternal family name is López.

Álvaro de Arriba López (born 2 June 1994 in Salamanca) is a Spanish middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.^[3] He represented his country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final. He won bronze at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 1:49.68.

Álvaro de Arriba

Álvaro de Arriba in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Álvaro de Arriba López
Born	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 31) Salamanca, Spain[1]
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 metres
Club	F. C. Barcelona
Coached by	Juan Carlos Fuentes
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Spain European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 800 m 2017 Belgrade 800 m Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 800 m

His personal bests in the event are 1:44.85 outdoors (Chorzów 2022) and 1:45.43 indoors (Salamanca 2018).

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	9th (sf)	800 m	1:50.97
2014	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	800 m	1:47.50
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	14th (sf)	800 m	1:50.37
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	13th (h)	800 m i	1:52.60
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	7th	800 m	1:47.58
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20th (h)	800 m	1:46.86
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	800 m i	1:49.68
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	16th (sf)	800 m	1:46.64
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	800 m i	1:48.51
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	1st	800 m	1:47.43
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	800 m	1:46.41
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	1st	800 m i	1:46.83
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	16th (sf)	800 m	1:46.09
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	21st (h)	800 m i	1:49.99
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	800 m i	1:46.58
	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	1st	800 m	1:45.19
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	15th (sf)	800 m	1:46.30
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	22nd (h)	800 m	1:47.94
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	4th	800 m	1:45.64
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	21st (h)	800 m i	1:48.40
	World Indoor Championships	Nanjing, China	8th (sf)	800 m	1:47.58