The 24-year-old long jumper was part of the club's jumping group. Her death adds to the victims of the train accident in Urda, Toledo.
The athletics community in Madrid is in mourning. According to Noticias para Municipios, Julieta Gallego Gámez, a 24-year-old athlete from the Agrupación Deportiva Sprint de Madrid, is one of the fatalities of the train accident in Urda, Toledo, which occurred this Wednesday.
The club confirmed her death on Thursday and extended condolences to family, friends, and teammates. The athlete was part of the jumping group of the organisation.
A.D. Sprint trains at two locations in Madrid: the Martín Temiño tracks, formerly known as Santa Ana tracks, in Fuencarral, and the municipal athletics tracks in Paracuellos de Jarama.
Gallego primarily competed in long jump and was a regular at the Spanish Club Championships. Her personal best was 5.90 meters, achieved on February 5, 2023 in Antequera, where she finished fourth in the Under-23 Indoor Spanish Championship. This mark remains the club's absolute women's indoor record.
She also holds the under-20 record for the organisation in indoor events, with 5.82 meters, achieved in Madrid in February 2021.
The club has called for two minutes of silence in memory of Julieta and the other victims of the accident. The first will be at 18:00 at the athletics tracks in Paracuellos de Jarama, and the second at 19:30 at the Santa Ana tracks in Fuencarral.
You will always be part of our Sprint family,” the organisation expressed as they bid farewell to the athlete.
The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation has also conveyed its condolences to the family, loved ones, and clubmates of the athlete.
In June 2025, she still registered a jump of 5.72 meters in Berlin, according to World Athletics records.
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