Paula Sevilla (born 28 June 1997, in La Solana, Ciudad Real) is a Spanish athlete. She was the Spanish 100m national champion in 2019 and 2020. In 2022, she became the Spanish national champion in 200m.

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Paula Sevilla

Personal information
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1997-06-28) 28 June 1997 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Track and Field
Event(s)	100m, 200m
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Spain European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 4×100 m relay Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 4×100 m relay

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Sevilla was part of the Spanish team that won gold at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay. In 2022, Sevilla's new personal best time of 22.86 placed her as the second fastest Spanish woman over 200m of all time, behind only Sandra Myers.^[1][2] When subsequently winning the Spanish national athletics championships shortly afterwards Sevilla actually ran a lower time than her new personal best, winning in a time of 22.73, but it was classified as a wind assisted race.^[3]

Sevilla was part of the Spanish 4 × 100 m team that finished fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, twice breaking the Spanish national record. The team had initially broken the national record running 42.61 in the qualifying heats to qualify for the final.^[4] In the final the following day they lowered the national record again, to 42.58 seconds.^[5]

She was then announced as part of the Spanish relay team for the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich. In Munich, Sevilla also competed individually in the 200m and finished tenth fastest in the semi-finals.^[6]

She ran as part of the Spanish 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.^[7]