Ana Peleteiro is in the process of making a sporting comeback after giving birth to her first daughter. Shortly after returning to the pit in Castellón and with the European Games and the World Cups in Budapest in the spotlight, the Galician athlete has given an interview to The country in which She has spoken about some aspects of her private life, such as her motherhood, racism, and mental health.
“I don’t think we are a racist country, but a classist one. Nobody treats a black man badly in a Bugatti. People who say that on a football field probably don’t have anything against a racial person outside of it.”, has expressed his opinion on one of the most topical issues around football. “There they are going to insult each other, I am very sorry and I think it should be regulated to always penalize racist insults in sports facilities”, he added.
Along the same lines, the Olympic triple jump medalist admits to receiving racism on Twitter every day, but acknowledges that it is more difficult “for someone to insult you on the street”. “I don’t even read Twitter anymore because it seems like a dunghill to me, but recently I did I reported a person who insulted and harassed me on Instagram from a fake profile.
motherhood and sport
Peleteiro has been one of the athletes who, while active, has fulfilled her dream of being a mother, since in December 2022 she gave birth to her daughter Lúa. Aware that it is not usual, The athlete is grateful for the help she has received from sports institutions to allow her the greatest conciliation possible. “I think it is important to make it visible because there is a lot of fear and misinformation.”
As an example, the Galician tells her own story. “In my case, from the beginning I told Adidas that she was going to be a mother and they always respected me. I got pregnant just when I was going to sign a super contract with Bridgestone, sponsor of the Olympic Games, and I told him. I didn’t want to lie. They bet on me. The pregnancy could have made me forget about athletics and disappear from the map, but it has been the opposite and those marks are going to have their reward”.
Adoption and surrogacy
One of Peleteiro’s interventions on Twitter that has aroused the most attention in recent months was the public criticism he issued for the purchase of children after learning that Ana Obregón had had a granddaughter by surrogate pregnancy. “Being a father is not a right, but having a family I think it should be,” he indicated, praising adoption over surrogates.
In fact, few voices are as authorized to talk about adoptions as her. “My parents adopted me when I was two days old. I have never had a relationship with my biological mother and I have never needed it ”, he admitted. The therapy and her personal work have helped her understand the situation and “be very happy”. “My parents love their granddaughter as if they had given birth to me and my granddaughter loves them”has settled.
