Women
ESP
Luisa María González
ESP- Date of birth08 Jul 2003
- ProfessionAthlete, Student
- HometownBarcelona
- Place of birthCali
- Start skating / Club She began roller skating at age three in Cali, Colombia. She took up speed skating on ice at age 15 in Barcelona, Spain, initially training in short track before switching to long track speed skating. / Barcelona Short Track: Spain
- HobbiesShopping, reading. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
- LanguagesSpanish
- CoachSandra Gomez [national]
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Every time I have someone next to me I want to defeat her." (indomitas.org, 02 Jun 2023)
US speed skater Erin Jackson. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
Her family. (indomitas.org, 02 Jun 2023)
She sustained a knee injury at age 10. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (indomitas.org, 02 Jun 2023)
Winning the track 500m sprint title at the 2023 European Roller Speed Skating Championships in Valence d'Agen, France. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2023)
MOVE TO SPAIN
Born in Cali, Colombia, at age seven she moved to Barcelona, Spain. (mundodeportivo.com, 09 Feb 2019; elpais.com.co, 19 Aug 2018)
Born in Cali, Colombia, at age seven she moved to Barcelona, Spain. (mundodeportivo.com, 09 Feb 2019; elpais.com.co, 19 Aug 2018)
She has competed in roller speed skating at international level. She competed at the world championships in 2019, 2022 and 2023, claiming bronze in the women's one lap sprint at the 2022 edition of the tournament in Argentina. (fep.es, 15 Aug 2018; speedskater-kriterium.de, 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 10 Oct 2023)
"From September to February, we do the winter season, we train and compete on ice, and from February to September, we do roller speed skating. The technique between roller speed skating and ice is quite different, but in the end it is skating. On the physical side, we do weights, cycling, and other exercises in the gym. In Spain there are no ice rinks, so when we have competitions, we usually go to Germany, or other countries like the Netherlands or Italy, which have rinks and we train there for one or two weeks before the competition. In Spain we mainly do roller speed skating."
She decided she wanted to learn how to skate after watching older children practise the sport. "I liked it and I have been practising it ever since. What hooked me the most was the speed."
Sandra Gomez [national]
