Santiago Llorente Fernández (Segovia, 9 July 1958 – 27 March 2020)^[1][2] was a Spanish athlete.

At the end of the 1970s, when Llorente was 16 years old, he was world runner-up in cross-country running, in Luxembourg, in 1975, which gave a boost to his sports career.^[2][3] In 1977, he became world runner-up in cross country running, in the junior category.^[3] That same year he was national champion in the 3,000 meters indoor junior category.^[3]

With the Gipuzkoan federation, in 1984, he was the cross-country champion in the Basque country and broke the Basque record of 5,000 meters with a time of 13.52,27 minutes, which he maintained after a quarter of a century.^[3] He completed a great mark of 29.17,4 in 10,000 meters that same year.^[3] Later he won at the Cross de Venta de Baños, in 1985.^[2][3] In 1986, representing the Madrid federation, he won the absolute championship of Spain in the 10,000 meters category.^[3][2]

In 1987 he set two personal records representing the Segovia federation, registering 13.42,3 minutes in 5,000 meters and 28.38,80 in 10,000 meters.^[3] However, a sciatica injury stopped his progression, forcing him to retire from his career as an athlete.^[2]

He remained within the world of sports as masseur for various athletes such as the Olympic medalist Francis Obikwelu and the cyclists Óscar Pereiro and Carlos Sastre.^[2]

In 1995 he had a son, Santiago Llorente Mangas, born in Segovia; he also became an athlete.^[2][3]

Llorente died in his native Segovia on 27 March 2020, at the age of 62, of COVID-19 during the pandemic in Spain.^[2][3] His death was announced on social networks by the president of the Spanish Athletics Federation, Raúl Chapado.^[2]