Valeria Márquez
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| Country represented |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 2004 Almeria, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2021- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | El Ejido | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alejandra Quereda, Ana María Pelaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "MARQUEZ Valeria - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "35th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "35TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS SENIOR INDIVIDUAL AND JUNIOR GROUP COMPETITIONS: Rhythmic Gymnastics: Qualification Group: JUNIORS: All-Around Results" (PDF). 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Kitakyushu 2021 (Results Book)". Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ "38th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Group All-Around Final" (PDF). 29 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2021.
- ^ "38th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Group 5 Balls Final" (PDF). 31 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 27 September 2022.