Rocío Arroyo
Rocío Arroyo is a Spanish sprinter and middle-distance runner. In 2025, she became Spanish under-23 national record holder, won the Spanish Athletics Championships and was silver medalist at the European U23 Championships, over 800 metres.
Career
She is a member of Athletics Club A.J. Alkala based in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. She set a Spanish under-23 record with her teammates Carmen Avilés, Berta Segura, and Blanca Hervás, in winning the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland. In 2024, she transitioned away from the 400 metres and towards middle-distance running.She won the silver medal in the 800 metres behind Audrey Werro of Switzerland at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, in July 2025, running a time of 1:59.18 which the Spanish U-23 record, and moved her to third on the Spanish all-time list, after Maite Zúñiga and Mayte Martínez. Later in the championships, she won a silver medal anchoring the Spanish women's 4 x 400 metres relay team to a second place finish, behind Great Britain. In August 2025, she won the Spanish Athletics Championships title over 800 metres in a time of 2:01.01 in Tarragona. That month, she lowered her personal best for the 800 metres to 1:59.17 whilst racing in Oordegem, Belgium.
She made her major championship debut in September 2025, racing the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.