Rhythmic gymnastics Sport in Spain



carolina pascual, individual all-around olympic silver medalist in 1992


rhythmic gymnastics popular sport through spain, far successful individual rhythmic gymnasts carolina pascual won silver medal in individual around competition in barcelona 1992, carmen acedo won gold medal in clubs competition in world championships in 1993 , almudena cid last rhythmic gymnast has competed @ 4 olympic finals, placing 9th @ atlanta 1996 , sydney 2000 being 8th @ athens 2004 , beijing 2008.


in atlanta 1996 spanish team won first gold medal of new competition groups. spanish team formed estela giménez, marta baldó, nuria cabanillas, lorena guréndez, estíbaliz martínez , tania lamarca.


spain has found more success in group competition @ individual one, country won many medals , gained prominence in 90 s has peak @ centennial olympic games in atlanta 1996, after world championships @ home in seville 1998 group went downhill , had inconsistent results until 2012 when finished @ 4th place @ olympic games in 2012 london olympics , performance repeat @ 2013 world championships in kiev spanish group won gold @ 10 clubs final , bronze in 3 balls + 2 ribbons final, firsts world championships medals in 15 years, @ 2014 world championships in izmir, turkey retained world title in 10 clubs final. @ 2015 world rhythmic gymnastics championships held in stuttgart, germany group won bronze medal @ around competition, since 1998 spanish group hasn t won around medal.


also first time in 9 years country classified 2 gymnast individual all-around final, natalia garcia finished in 19th spot , carolina rodriguez got 11th place.







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