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
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
- ^ "MARQUEZ Valeria - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved Sep 27, 2022.
- ^ https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/document/RG%202019%20-%20Media%20results%20book.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C53A_Group_Composition_1907.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/JUNIORS%20-%20Group%20-%20Qualification%20AllAroundResultsRg.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C73J_Grp1%20Hoops_Results.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C73J_Grp2%20Ribbons_Results.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://gym.longinestiming.com/File/0000130000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF03
- ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpaa.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpevents.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-09-27.