Claudia Colom Explained

Claudia Colom
Full Name:Claudia Colom Martín
Birth Date:26 September 1998
Birth Place:Palma, Spain
Discipline:WAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Club:Xelska
Headcoach:Pedro Mir
Retired:2021[1]

Claudia Colom Martín (born 26 September 1998) is a retired Spanish artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Spanish all-around champion, and she competed at the 2014, 2015, and 2017 World Championships.[2]

Career

Junior

Colom competed at the 2012 Junior European Championships, and the Spanish team finished eleventh in the qualification round.[3] She then competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival with Natalia Ros and Laura Gamell, and they finished tenth as a team.[4] At the 2013 Elite Gym Massilia, she finished fifteenth in the all-around with a total score of 50.500.[5]

Senior

Colom made her senior international debut at the 2014 WOGA Classic, and she tied with Lia Top for ninth place in the all-around. She had the second-highest score on the floor exercise- 12.950.[6] She then competed at the 2014 European Championships with Roxana Popa, Cintia Rodríguez, Ana Pérez, and Laura Gamell, and they finished sixth in the team final.[7] At the 2014 World Championships, Colom and the Spanish team finished fifteenth in the qualification round.[8]

At the 2015 Anadia World Cup, Colom finished seventh on the uneven bars and the balance beam.[9] She was selected to represent Spain at the 2015 European Games alongside Ainhoa Carmona and Ana Pérez, and they finished twelfth in the team competition.[10] She then competed at the 2015 World Championships alongside Nora Fernández, Ana Pérez, Roxana Popa, Natalia Ros, and Maria Paula Vargas, and they finished seventeenth in the qualification round.[11]

Colom competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and placed twenty-eighth in the all-around with a total score of 53.732.[12] Spain had to choose between Colom and Ana Pérez for their one Olympic spot, and ultimately, Pérez was chosen for the Olympic Games.[13] [14] She competed at the 2016 European Championships, and the Spanish team finished tenth.[15] She then won the all-around gold medal at the 2016 Spanish Championships.[16]

Colom finished second in the all-around at the 2017 Spanish Championships behind Ana Pérez.[17] She then finished seventh on the uneven bars at the 2017 Szombathely World Cup.[18] At the 2017 World Championships, she only competed on the uneven bars, but she did not qualify for the event final.[19]

Colom retired in 2021 due to injuries, and she began coaching.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fernández . Fernando . Claudia Colom cambia de rol . Ultima Hora . 23 May 2021 . Spanish . 15 January 2021.
  2. Web site: COLOM Claudia . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . 23 May 2021.
  3. Web site: TEAM RESULTS JUNIORS TEAM COMPETITION AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR CII & CIII . Gymnastics Results . UEG . 23 May 2021 . 9 May 2012.
  4. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Results . The Gymternet . 30 April 2021 . 19 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2013 Elite Gym Massilia Results . The Gymternet . 23 May 2021 . 17 November 2013.
  6. Web site: WOGA Classic 2014 DR Pepper Center Meet Results . Gymnastics Results . 23 May 2021 . 8 February 2014.
  7. Web site: 30th UEG European Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Team Championships Juniors and Seniors . Gymnastics Results . 30 April 2021.
  8. Web site: 45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification . Gymnastics Results . 24 April 2021 . 5 October 2014.
  9. Web site: FIG ART CIII World Challenge Cup Anadia (POR) 2015 May 21-24 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women . Gymnastics Results . 23 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Gymnastics Artistic – Women's Team – Final – Results. 15 June 2015. 15 September 2019. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20171013111627/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/GA/pdf/GAW400100_C73D_9.pdf. 13 October 2017.
  11. Web site: 46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Qualification . Gymnastics Results . 24 April 2021 . 23 October 2015.
  12. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around . Gymnastics Results . 24 May 2021 . 17 April 2016.
  13. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . Tripartite Nomination Finalizes Rio Qualifiers . The Gymternet . 24 May 2021 . 26 April 2016.
  14. Web site: Entry List by NOC . Gymnastics Results . Rio 2016 . 24 May 2021 . 3 August 2016.
  15. Web site: 31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Qualifications . Gymnastics Results . 24 April 2021 . 2 June 2016.
  16. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2016 Spanish Championships Results . The Gymternet . 24 May 2021 . 13 July 2016.
  17. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2017 Spanish Championships Results . The Gymternet . 24 May 2021 . 17 July 2017.
  18. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2017 Szombathely Challenge Cup Results . The Gymternet . 24 May 2021 . 8 September 2017.
  19. Web site: 47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Women's Individual All-Around Qualification . Gymnastics Results . 24 May 2021 . 3 October 2017.