Valeria_Márquez

Valeria Márquez

Valeria Márquez

Spanish rhythmic gymnast

Valeria Márquez (born 21 April 2004) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's the bronze All-Around and 5 hoops medalist at the 2022 World Championships.

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Career

Junior

Márquez was part of the Spanish junior group that competed at both the 2019 European[2] and World Championships,[3] finishing 7th in Baku and 5th in Moscow.[4][5][6]

Senior

In 2021 Valeria participated in the World Championships along Inés Bergua, Ana Gayán, Patricia Pérez, Uma Mendez and Mireia Martínez, finishing 12th in the All-Around and 5th in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs' final.[7][8][9]

The group debuted in 2022 at the World Cup in Sofia, they were 5th in the All-Around and 5 hoops and 6th with 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[10] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore didn't qualify for event finals.[11] A month later in Pamplona they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[12] In Portimão they won 3 silver medals.[13] They won All-Around bronze and 5 hoops and silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls in Cluj-Napoca.[14] Valeria took part, with Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Patricia Pérez, Mireia Martínez and Salma Solaun in the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, winning silver in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, and the World Championships in Sofia where the Spanish group won three bronze medals: All-Around (earning them a spot for the 2024 Olympics), 5 hoops, and team.[15]

References

  1. [1]
    "MARQUEZ Valeria - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "35th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. [3]
    "1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships: Group All-Around Ranking and Apparatus Qualification, Individual and Group Team Competition" (PDF). 19 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "35TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS SENIOR INDIVIDUAL AND JUNIOR GROUP COMPETITIONS: Rhythmic Gymnastics: Qualification Group: JUNIORS: All-Around Results" (PDF). 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships: Group All-Around Ranking and Apparatus Qualification (Hoops)" (PDF). July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2019.
  6. [6]
    "1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships: Group All-Around Ranking and Apparatus Qualification (Ribbons)" (PDF). July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Kitakyushu 2021 (Results Book)". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  8. [8]
    "38th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Group All-Around Final" (PDF). 29 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2021.
  9. [9]
    "38th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Group 5 Balls Final" (PDF). 31 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  14. [14]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  15. [15]
    "Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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