Laia Forcadell

Laia Forcadell Arenas (born June 6, 1982 in Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia) is a female Spanish sprinter and hurdler.^[1] She won the gold medal for the 400 m hurdles at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and bronze at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain.^[2]

Laia Forcadell

Personal information
Full name	Laia Forcadell Arenas
Nationality	Spain
Born	(1982-06-06) 6 June 1982 (age 42) Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres, 400 metres hurdles
Club	ISS L'Hospitalet
Coached by	Armando Álvarez Anaya
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 54.68 s (2008) 400 m hurdles: 56.24 s (2008)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Spain Ibero-American Championships 2006 Ponce 400 m hurdles 2010 San Fernando 400 m hurdles

Forcadell represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 400 m hurdles. She ran in the fourth heat against six other athletes, including Poland's Anna Jesień and Czech Republic's Zuzana Hejnová, who were both considered top medal contenders in this event. She finished the race in last place by eighty-eight hundredths of a second (0.88) behind Trinidad and Tobago's Josanne Lucas, with a time of 58.64 seconds. Forcadell failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed twenty-sixth overall, and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round.^[3]

Forcadell is a member of ISS L'Hospitalet Track Club in Barcelona, Spain, being coached and trained by Armando Álvarez Anaya.