Ana Peleteiro breaks up with her coachthe Cuban living in Spain Ivan PedrosoThe Spanish athlete, current European champion and Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo 2021, announced that Pedroso was no longer her coach after eight years in which she achieved all her sporting successes.
“Today is a day in which I am very excited because I am closing a stage and I would like to pay tribute to the person who has accompanied me the most on this path,” wrote Ana Peleteiro on her social networks, a message accompanied by a photograph with Iván Pedroso.
The 28-year-old Galician athlete affirms that “life is made up of cycles; that begin and end” and that “there are moments in life that we enjoy 100%, that are accompanied by learning, experiences, successes and defeats, but above all that are accompanied by people who mark a before and after and these last 8 years have been one of those times.
With Pedroso as his coach, Peleteiro managed to become European champion, twice third (bronze) in the world and also an Olympic medalist. Of course, the Galician athlete has just played in a big disappointment by placing sixth in the triple jump final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Peleteiro assures that “These years were among the most incredible and surreal” of his lifebut she is “very excited” because she closes a scene and wants to pay tribute to the person who has accompanied her the most throughout the journey. Iván Pedroso is one of the great personalities of athletics, also a coach of Yulimar Rojasworld’s greatest triple jumper.
“Today I want to thank you publicly, Ivan. Thank you for shaking my hand at a time when almost everyone turned their backs on me. Thank you for being my accomplice and my friendon and off the track. Thank you for believing in us. Thank you for helping me bring out the best in me. Thank you for always understanding me. And most of all, thank you for supporting me in this decision,” says Ana Peleteiro.
“These years have been brutal and today we close this book as only we know how: happy, embraced and united,” says Peleteiro, who says he takes “a friend for life and thousands of lessons” which will continue to be put into practice until the end.
The Spanish champion adds that “now it is time to bet on another project, to look for new motivations, new learnings and to continue growing professionally, but from another place” and assures Pedroso that he is and always will be his family in capital letters.
