# Paula Sevilla

Paula Sevilla López de la Vieja (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, and in 2025 Spanish indoor champion over 400 metres. At the 2025 European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, she tied the national record over 400m while winning the bronze medal.

## Career

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. 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.
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. In the final the following day they lowered the national record again, to 42.58 seconds.
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.
She ran as part of the Spanish 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024. She competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In February 2025, she moved to second on the Spanish all-time indoor 400 metres list behind only Sandra Myers, running 51.20 seconds to win the Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships. Competing at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she won her 400m semi-final in a time of 51.23 seconds. In the final, she equalled the Spanish indoor record of 50.99 seconds to win the bronze medal behind Lieke Klaver and Henriette Jæger.

## International competitions

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Spain ||||||
| 2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 5th (h) | 200 m | 25.61 |
| 2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.99 |
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 21st (h) | 100 m | 11.99 |
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.96 |
| 2018 | Mediterranean U23 Championships | Jesolo, Italy | 1st | 100 m | 11.41 |
| 2018 | Mediterranean U23 Championships | Jesolo, Italy | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.28 |
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 5th | 200 m | 23.34 |
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.31 |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 18th (sf) | 200 m | 23.91 |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.54 |
| 2019 | Mediterranean U23 Indoor Championships | Miramas, France | 1st | 60 m i | 7.43 |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 32nd (h) | 60 m i | 7.44 |
| 2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 4th | 200 m | 23.52 |
| 2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.56 |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 32nd (h) | 60 m i | 7.44 |
| 2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.38 |
| 2022 | Ibero-American Championships | La Nucía, Spain | 4th | 100 m | 11.48 |
| 2022 | Ibero-American Championships | La Nucía, Spain | — | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.58 |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 23.19 |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.03 |
| 2023 | European Games | Kraków, Poland | 9th | 200 m | 23.23 |
| 2023 | European Games | Kraków, Poland | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.13 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.96 |
| 2024 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 7th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.85 |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th (sf) | 200 m | 23.19 |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.84 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.77 |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 3rd | 400 m i | 50.99 |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay i | 3:25.68 |