Samuel García (sprinter)

This article is about the Spanish sprinter. For other uses, see Samuel Garcia (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Cabrera.

Samuel García Cabrera (born 4 December 1991) is a Spanish track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres.^[1] He represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships. Individually, his best outing so far is the seventh place at the 2014 European Championships.

Samuel García

García in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Samuel García Cabrera
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1991-12-04) 4 December 1991 (age 33) Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	Santa Cruz de La Palma
Coached by	Álex Codina

His personal bests in the 400 metres are 45.00 seconds outdoors (Monachil 7 July 2017) and 46.35 seconds indoors (Salamanca 2017).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Spain
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.93
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:11.59
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.58
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.01
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	400 m	DQ
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:09.11
2013	European Indoor Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	14th (h)	400 m	47.76
	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	10th (h)	400 m	46.98
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.28
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	16th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.07
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.17
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	400 m	46.35
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.68
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	14th (sf)	400 m	47.95
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	22nd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.49
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	20th (sf)	400 m	46.43
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.77
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	400 m	46.74
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	39th (h)	400 m	46.37
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.65
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	7th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.52
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	21st (sf)	400 m	45.87
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.78
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.27
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	16th (h)	400 m	47.02
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.09
			6th	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	3:19.65
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	9th (h)	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	3:09.14
2022	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucía, Spain	8th	400 m	46.92
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.05
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.54
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	15th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.64