Sofia Santacreu

Sofia Santacreu (born 7 February 2006) is a Spanish race walker and author. She has won European titles at U18 and U20 championships.

Early life She was born in Barcelona where she attended the French Lyceum, graduating in 2024.

In July 2023, she broke the Spanish U18 5000m record set in 1992 by María Vasco, as she won the Spanish U18 title in Gijón. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, despite being the third youngest of the 26 race walkers entered. She won with a time of 45:59.76, a new Spanish U20 record time.

She sustained an injury in her tibialis in November 2023 and her training regime was seriously hampered until March 2024 when she could resume full training. That year, Santacreu left her long-term coach Sergio Ezquerro and started training with Alejandro Aragoneses, coach to fellow Spanish race walker Paul McGrath.

In May 2025, she won the women's U20 10,000m race at the European Race Walking Team Championships in the Czech Republic. In July 2025, at the Spanish under-20 championships she won the 5000m race walk in a lifetime best of 21:37.60. In August, she retained her title in the women’s 10,000m race walk at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, setting a national U20 record of 43:47.89. In September 2025, she was nominated for the European Athletics female rising star award.

In April, she won the silver medal in the team event having placed fourth, a place behind compatriot Aldara Meilán, in the individual women’s half marathon at the 2026 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Brazil.

Personal life At the age of 14 years-old, she published a book Train with Sofía after a family friend proposed the idea for exercise charts for children admitted to the hospital. The profits of the book have been donated to several social causes.