María Pérez

María Pérez García (born 29 April 1996) is a Spanish race walker.

Career She won the gold medal in both the 20-kilometre and 35-kilometre race walks at the World Athletics Championships, held in Tokyo in 2025 and in Budapest in 2023, and placed fourth in the 20 kilometres walk at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Pérez won the gold medal in the event at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, setting a championship record in the process. She is the world record holder for the 35 km race walk with a time of 2:37:15, set on 21 May 2023 at the European Race Walking Team Championships in Poděbrady, Czech Republic.

Pérez won seven Spanish national racewalking titles.

Statistics Personal bests 3000 metres race walk – 12:00.87 (Huelva 2018) 5000 metres race walk – 20:28.17 (Andújar 2022) 10,000 metres race walk – 43:42.04 (Getafe 2021) 10 kilometres race walk – 43:36 (Antequera 2021) 20 kilometres race walk – 1:25:30 (Córdoba 2023) 35 kilometres race walk – 2:37:15 (Poděbrady 2023) World record

International competitions