Career
She represented her country in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the World Championships in Athletics the following year and then at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the World Championships following that. Before focusing on the marathon, she competed mainly in cross country running competitions. She represented Spain at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships every year from 2000 to 2010, with the sole exception of 2007.
Her best finish was twenty-fourth place at the 2009 edition
She has a best of 32:26 minutes for the 10K distance, set at the 2007 Great Manchester Run. At the 2008 Granollers Half Marathon she took second place behind Rahab Ndungu, running a personal best time of 1:11:33 for the distance.
She made her debut over the full distance at the Rotterdam Marathon that April and set a personal best of 2:29:03 to take third place. In the World Championship marathon she managed 25th place overall.
She ran at the San Silvestre Vallecana race on New Year"s Eve and took fifth place just behind her compatriot Marta Domínguez.
Her eighth-place finish at the European Championships was the best of the Spanish women and she led the national team to the bronze medals. She was also selected for the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, held on home turf in Punta Umbría, but finished outside the top forty while the Spanish women ended up eighth in the team competition. She represented Spain in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but failed to finish the race.
She qualified for the women"s marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place.
She went on to finish 5th at the 2013 World Athletics Championships.