Maria de Valdes Alvarez

María de Valdés Alvarez (silver), Sharon van Rouwendaal (gold), and Giulia Gabbrielleschi (bronze) on the podium at the 5 km race at the 2022 LEN European Aquatics Championships in Ostia, Italy

María de Valdés Alvarez is a 25-year-old pool and Olympic open water swimmer from Spain who represents CN Liceo.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 29 May 2025, she finished 3rd in the 5 km at the 2025 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Stari Grad, Croatia.
On 2 February 2024, she finished second at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games 10 km marathon swim at the age of 25.
She competed in the 10 km race at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
On 13 October 2019, she finished 7th in the 5 km ANOC World Beach Games in Katara Beach, Qatar.
She competed in the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Setúbal Bay, Portugal on 19 June 2021.
She finished 2nd in the 5 km race at the 2022 LEN European Aquatics Championships in Ostia, Italy on 20 August 2022.
She won the V Copa de España de Aguas Abiertas, a national open water swimming series in Spain that finished on 22 September 2019.

1. Moesha Johnson, 28, Australia, 6:19.80
2. Lea Boy, 26, Germany, 6:22.80
3. Ichika Kajimoto, 22, Japan, 6:27.40
4. Bettina Fabian, 21, Hungary, 6:27.50
5. Brinkleigh Hansen, 16, USA, 6:27.90
6. Ines Delacroix, 23, France, 6:32.10
7. Caroline Laure Jouisse, 31, France, 6:35.30
8. Maria de Valdes, 27, Spain, 6:37.70
9. Lou-Ann Gaudaire, 19, Spain, 6:38.80
10. Clemence Coccordano, 21, Italy, 6:40.80

1. Sharon van Rouwendaal, Netherlands 2:03:34.2
2. Moesha Johnson, Australia 2:03:39.7
3. Ginevra Taddeucci, Italy 2:03:42.8
4. Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil 2:04:15.7
5. Bettina Fabian, Hungary 2:04:16.9
6. Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Italy 2:04:17.9
7. Oceane Cassignol, France 2:06:06.9
8. Caroline Jouisse, France 2:06:11.0
9. Leonie Beck, Germany 2:06:13.4
10. Angela Martinez Guillen, Spain 2:06:15.3
11. Viviane Jungblut, Brazil 2:06:15.8
12. Angelica Andre, Portugal 2:06:17.0
13. Airi Ebina, Japan 2:06:17.7
14. Chelsea Gubecka, Australia 2:06:17.8
15. Katie Grimes, USA
16. Mariah Denigan, USA 2:06:42.9
17. Maria de Valdes Alvarez, Spain 2:07:02.4
18. Lisa Pou, Monaco 2:07:05.4
19. Martha Sandoval Ayala, Mexico 2:07:24.9
20. Leah Phoebe Crisp, Great Britain 2:07:46.7
21. Maria Alejandra Bramont-Arias, Peru 2:12:44.7
22. Leonie Maertens, Germany 2:15:57.3
23. Emma Finlin, Canada 2:22:06.5
24. Xin Xin, China 2:27:02.9