Spanish long jumper Julieta Gallego among victims of deadly train collision
Julieta Gallego, who competed for Madrid-based AD Sprint, among those killed in train crash in Spain.
The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation expressed its condolences following the death of 24-year-old long jumper Julieta Gallego, who was among the victims of the train collision in Spain’s Toledo province that killed at least 68 people.
“The Spanish athletics family joins in the grief over the passing of Julieta Gallego, athlete of AD Sprint, in the train accident that occurred in Urda (Toledo),” the federation (RFEA) said in a statement on Thursday on X, offering its support to her family, friends and club teammates.
Gallego competed for Madrid-based AD Sprint and was a regular participant in Spain’s club championships. Her long jump personal best was 5.90 metres (19.4 feet), set in Antequera in 2023.
Two high-speed trains collided on Wednesday in the second deadly accident in less than a year on the line connecting Madrid to southern Andalusia.