María Pérez

María Pérez García is a Spanish race walker. 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.