Beatriz Gómez Hermosilla (Guadalajara, 1985) is chief inspector of the Computer Fraud Brigade in the Central Cybercrime Unit. But his life is not limited to his license plate. She is also the Spanish archery champion in the field modality, mother … of two children and a wife who has once again activated a goal that seemed postponed forever: attending the Olympic Games.
His history with sport does not begin with planning or early vocation, but with a stroke of chance. «I lived near an archery club without knowing it. One day, walking with some friends, I saw a person shooting on a soccer field. I approached. They invited me to try. And I stayed.” I was thirteen years old. What he found there was not just a discipline, but a way of life. «It is a sport that involves constant improvement. Every day is different. “You try to make all the arrows go to the same place, and that is not easy at all.”
In Castilla-La Mancha, where she grew up, female participation was low. That allowed him to stand out quickly. Shortly after starting, he was already competing. At the age of sixteen he won his first absolute Spanish championship. That victory would mark her future: she was invited to move to the Madrid High Performance Center, to the Joaquín Blume residence. «It was an important stage. He led an orderly life: studying and training. The environment was healthy. We shared free time playing cards or chatting. And there I met great athletes who later became leaders in Spain.” In her promotion was, for example, Saúl Craviotto, who shares the police profession with her. “There were also Chema Martínez, the Carballo brothers, Almudena Cid… Many athletes who later stood out.”
He spent several years at the CAR in Madrid, where he met Saúl Craviotto, Chema Martínez and Almudena Cid, among others.
He studied journalism, although the choice was more linked to compatibility than to a firm vocation. «I liked reading and writing, I was good at it. I knew I needed something manageable because I was still competing. “I couldn’t afford a career that required memorizing a lot or investing too many hours of study.”
But while he was studying, something unexpected arose: a persistent attraction towards the Police. «I saw a patrol car and felt a hunch. “It caught my attention a lot.” Although she had a family background – her grandfather was a police commissioner, her uncle was also a police officer – no one had pushed her in that direction. It was my own decision. And radical.
He decided to oppose. Despite his high-performance background, he admits that physically he was far from what was required. «I wasn’t good at running or doing strength exercises. “I had to start from scratch.” He moved to Ávila, where he prepared the opposition together with the National Police School. In one year he passed the basic scale; in two, the executive. During the basic course, I studied executive in the afternoons. «It was my usual routine: demanding, but familiar. Training and studying was what he had done all his life.
During that period, shooting was paused. Not entirely: he never stopped paying the federation license, nor his club fee. «I knew he would come back. “I wanted to continue feeling part of it, even if I didn’t compete.” And he complied. As soon as she finished her training as an inspector, she picked up the bow again and qualified for the national team. «I went to class in the morning and in the afternoon I trained and competed. “It was an intense stage, but very rewarding.”
Then, upon assuming his first assignment, he put the sport aside again. «I had to travel constantly and work long hours away from home. “It was not compatible.” Then came motherhood. Time fragmented again. But the arch was always there.
Today, Beatriz is a key figure in the fight against digital fraud. As chief inspector, she coordinates two groups that investigate crimes related to bank cards, cryptocurrencies, fraudulent transfers or online payment methods. «As we are a central unit, we handle complex cases, with many victims and high economic impact. It is a very operational and very varied job. “You touch many branches of organized crime.”
In that area, the change has been dizzying. «This evolves every day. You can’t afford to stop training. We are in contact with other police forces, with cybersecurity companies, with international forums. We learn with each investigation, because the criminal has 24 hours a day to innovate. We go behind, trying to understand how they do it. In his professional field he also wins medals. He is the only Spanish agent of the security forces decorated by the United States Secret Service.
To all this, Beatriz has added her return to competition. But this time not in Olympic precision, but in field shooting. «After six years without competing, I wanted to try something new. And I loved it. You walk through the forest with the bow, the backpack, the sandwich. “It’s like a little adventure.” In his first two grand prizes he won silver. Then he won the Spanish Championship. All without hardly any training. «I’m even ashamed to say it, but right now I hardly train. I go from competition to competition. “It’s what keeps me going.”
Despite everything, he does not rule out returning to the Olympic modality as well, an effort he undertakes thanks to the support of two sponsors: Armora and Kripteria. In fact, he wants to appear for the national team qualifiers. «It’s a thorn in my side. I don’t know if I can take it off. But I’m not in a hurry. Archery has no age. “I have seen Olympic champions over fifty years old.”
Motherhood, work, time, logistics. Everything seems to work against us. But she doesn’t dramatize. «I don’t consider problems before they arrive. When they arrive, I look for a way to solve them. The same life lesson that he uses in his daily life in the Police. Because sport, he says, taught him to move forward without certainties. «An opposition is not won by the smartest, but by the most constant. I don’t consider myself a very intelligent person. I consider myself very constant and ambitious. In sport you train for something that may not come, but you continue every day.
He has applied that same rigor to his police work. «I like to be thorough. I like rigor. And I have learned that from sport. In high competition you cannot afford to deviate. “You have to be precise, just like in an investigation.”
