María Isabel Pérez Rodríguez (born 1 March 1993) is a Spanish sprinter. She competed for Spain at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
Early life She was born in Seville, but grew up living in Jerez de la Frontera. She started out in athletics at the Puma Chapín Jerez club when she was seven years-old.
Career Perez ran for Spain the 2018 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Berlin, Germany. She competed in the individual 100 metres at the 2020 Olympic Games, she finished fifth in her heat running a time of 11.51.
She was part of the Spanish team that finished fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, breaking the Spanish national record and running 42.58 seconds. She was selected for the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in August 2022 to run both the individual 100 metres and the relay. The relay team finished fourth in the final with a time of 43.03 seconds.
She ran as part of the Spanish relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024 to run both the individual 100 metres and the relay. At the Championships, the Spanish relay team qualified for the final, and placed fifth overall.
She was officially selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics in July 2024. In the relay, the team ran a seasons best 42.77 seconds but did not progress to the final.
She set a new Spanish record of 7.15 seconds and won the Spanish national 60 metres title in February 2025. She was selected for the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn where she qualified for the semi-finals. She was selected for the Spanish relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China. In the 4 x 100 metres relay she was part of a team alongside Jaël Bestué, Esperança Cladera, Paula Sevilla who won their opening race ahead of Jamaica containing Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, with a time of 42.18 seconds, setting a Spanish national record, and ensuring qualification for the 2025 World Championships. She was part of the Spanish 4 x 100 metres team, again alongside Esperança Cladera, Sevilla and Bestue, which set another new Spanish record of 42.11 seconds at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June.
In September 2025, she competed as the Spanish team finished fifth in the women's 4 x 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Perez was selected as part of the Spain team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, and ran in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay and in the mixed 4 x 100 metres relay team which both qualified from the heats on the opening day of competition. The following day, she ran in the women's quartet which won the bronze medal in the final behind Jamaica and Canada. Calbano competed alongside Spanish teammates Guillem Crespí, Andoni Calbano and Jael Bestue, Pérez won the bronze medal in the mixed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in August 2026. She also competed in the women's 100 metres at the championships, reaching the semi-finals.
Personal life She studied physiotherapy at the University of Seville. She subsequently worked as a physiotherapist in Seville. She is coached by her uncle Luis Rodríguez who competed for Spain at the 1991 World Athletics Championships.
Athletic Achievements Personal bests TypeDistanceTime (s)Wind (m/s)VenueDateNotesIndividual eventsIndoor60 metres7.15Madrid, Spain22 February 2025Outdoor100 metres11.07+1.6Nerja, Spain25 June 2022200 metres24.28-1.7Pamplona, Spain1 June 2019Team eventsIndoor4 × 200 metres relay 1:38.99Valencia, Spain30 January 2016Outdoor4 × 100 metres relay42.11Madrid, Spain28 June 2025
International competitions 2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain—4 × 100 m relay2013European Team Championships Super LeagueGateshead, United Kingdom9th4 × 100 m relay45.062014European Team Championships Super LeagueBraunschweig, Germany—4 × 100 m relayEuropean ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland14th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.682016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands10th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.142018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain7th100 m11.692nd4 × 100 m relay43.31European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany21st (h)100 m11.708th4 × 100 m relay43.542019European Team Championships Super LeagueBydgoszcz, Poland5th4 × 100 m relay43.942021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland26th (h)60 m7.39World RelaysChorzów, Poland9th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.38European Team Championships Super LeagueChorzów, Poland5th100 m11.36Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan41st (h)100 m11.512022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia18th (sf)60 m7.20Ibero-American ChampionshipsLa Nucia, Spain3rd100 m11.48—4 × 100 m relayWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States33rd (h)100 m11.305th4 × 100 m relay42.58European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany6th100 m11.284th4 × 100 m relay43.032024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom17th (sf)60 m7.26World RelaysNassau, Bahamas7th (h)4 × 100 m relay42.856th42.88European ChampionshipsRome, Italy21st (sf)100 m11.415th4 × 100 m relay42.84Olympic GamesParis, France11th (h)4 × 100 m relay42.772025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands10th (sf)60 m7.17World RelaysGuangzhou, China2nd4 × 100 m relay42.18 European Team Championships First DivisionMadrid, Spain10th100 m11.312nd4 × 100 m relay42.11World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan5th4 × 100 m relay42.472026World RelaysGaborone, Botswana5th4 × 100 m relay 41.053rd4 × 100 m relay42.31European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom18th (sf)100 m11.31—4 × 100 m relay3rd4 × 100 m relay 40.42
National championships and competitions 2010Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsValencia15th (sf)60 m7.94Spanish U18 Indoor ChampionshipsOviedo1st60 m7.79Spanish ChampionshipsAvilés3rd4 × 100 m relay47.892011Spanish Junior Indoor ChampionshipsSabadell5th60 m7.90Spanish Junior ChampionshipsXàtiva3rd100 m12.162012Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsSabadell15th (sf)60 m7.92Spanish Junior ChampionshipsAvilés2nd100 m12.20Spanish ChampionshipsPamplona9th (sf)100 m12.352013Spanish U23 Indoor ChampionshipsSan Sebastián1st60 m7.66Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsSabadell6th60 m7.72Spanish U23 ChampionshipsMataró1st100 m12.21Spanish ChampionshipsAlcobendas5th100 m12.084th4 × 100 m relay47.202014Spanish U23 Indoor ChampionshipsAntequera2nd60 m7.76Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsSabadell6th60 m7.64Spanish ChampionshipsAlcobendas2nd100 m11.922015Spanish U23 ChampionshipsTarragona2nd100 m12.05Spanish ChampionshipsCastellón de la Plana3rd100 m11.752016Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid3rd100 m7.47Spanish ChampionshipsGijón2nd100 m11.602nd4 × 100 m relay45.652017Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsSalamanca2nd60 m7.53Spanish ChampionshipsBarcelona3rd100 m11.751st4 × 100 m relay45.622018Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsValencia4th60 m7.53Spanish ChampionshipsGetafe1st100 m11.172nd4 × 100 m relay44.772019Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsAntequera5th60 m7.43Spanish ChampionshipsLa Nucia2nd100 m11.422nd4 × 100 m relay45.142020Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsOurense1st60 m7.382021Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid2nd60 m7.33Spanish ChampionshipsGetafe1st100 m11.292022Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsOurense1st60 m7.16Spanish ChampionshipsNerja—100 m2023Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid2nd60 m7.322024Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsOurense2nd60 m7.302025Spanish Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid1st60 m7.18Spanish ChampionshipsTarragona3rd100 m11.372026Spanish ChampionshipsMálaga1st100 m11.28 References
External links
María Isabel Pérez at RFEA Maria Isabel Perez at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)