Salma Solaun Explained

Salma Solaun
Birth Date:2 March 2005
Birth Place:Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain
Discipline:RG
Level:International Elite
Club:Beti-Ritmica
Headcoach:Alejandra Quereda, Ana María Pelaz
Formercoach:Marga Armas
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Salma Solaun (born 2 March 2005) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast[1] who competed at the 2019 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastic championships, where she won a bronze medal.[2] She also won a silver medal at the 2022 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final.

Personal life

Solaun took up gymnastics at age three because she was restless, so her parents signed her up for a rhythmic gymnastics class. She also tried swimming and skating, but in the end she chose rhythmic gymnastics. Salma now says that "rhythmic gymnastics is part of my life. I could not see myself without it". Her dream is to compete at the Olympic Games, like her idols Almudena Cid and Ganna Rizatdinova.[3]

Career

Junior

In 2018 Solaun was integrated in the national team while competing for Beti Aurrera.[4] She then started taking part in international tournaments representing Spain.[5] In June 2019, after winning the junior Spanish championships,[6] Salma was selected for the Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia,[7] where she made the ribbon final in the end winning an historical bronze, the first individual medal for Spain since 1993.[8]

Senior

In 2020 Solaun was included in the senior national team, she won medals in competitions, such as the Moscow Grand Prix in February.[9] In 2021 she was among the contenders to represent Spain at the 2021 World Championship,[10] she made the team but an injury to her left knee prevented her from competing and was replaced by her teammate Teresa Gorospe.[11] She underwent surgery on the problem in November 2021 and was away from the sport for five months.[12] In 2022 Solaun decided to switch to the group making her debut 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.[13] [14] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore didn't qualify for event finals.[15] A month later in Pamplona they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[16] [17] In Portimão they won 3 silver medals.[18] They won All-Around bronze and 5 hoops and silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls in Cluj-Napoca.[19] Salma took part, with Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Valeria Márquez, Mireia Martínez and Patricia Pérez in the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, winning silver in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final,[20] and the World Championshipsin Sofia[21] where the Spanish group won three bronze medals: All-Around (earning them a spot for the 2024 Olympics), 5 hoops, and team.[22] [23] [24] [25]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SOLAUN Salma. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 3 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Salma Solaun y Teresa Gorospe buscan lucirse con España en Moscú. El Correo. 3 April 2020.
  3. Web site: 2019-01-08 . "Ser olímpica es mi gran sueño" . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  4. Web site: 2018-11-07 . Tres representantes del Beti Aurrera, convocadas por la seleccionadora nacional . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  5. Web site: 2019-02-22 . Salma Solaun y Teresa Gorospe debutarán con la selección junior de rítmica en Marbella . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  6. Web site: 2019-06-23 . Las gimnastas Solaun y Gorospe triunfan en el Campeonato de España de rítmica . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  7. Web site: 2019-07-18 . Salma Solaun y Teresa Gorospe participan en el Mundial junior . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  8. Web site: 2019-07-21 . Histórico bronce para la vitoriana Salma Solaun . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  9. Web site: 2020-02-10 . Salma Solaun logra la plata y el bronce en el Grand Prix de Moscú . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  10. Web site: Concentración Control Campeonato del Mundo . 2022-09-29 . rfegimnasia.es . en.
  11. Web site: Inscripción definitiva Campeonato del Mundo gimnasia rítmica . 2022-09-29 . rfegimnasia.es . en.
  12. Web site: Lazkano . Borja . 2021-10-20 . Salma Solaun se pierde el Mundial de gimnasia por una lesión de rodilla . 2022-09-29 . Diario de Noticias de Álava . es.
  13. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2022 - Results . 2022-09-26 . www.the-sports.org.
  14. Web site: Mireia Martínez y Patricia Pérez consiguen los primeros billetes para los Juegos de París y Héctor Tolsá se proclama subcampeón de Europa . 19 September 2022 .
  15. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results . 2022-09-29 . www.the-sports.org.
  16. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results . 2022-09-29 . www.the-sports.org.
  17. Web site: 2022-05-22 . Gorospe y Solaun brillan en Pamplona . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  18. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results . 2022-09-29 . www.the-sports.org.
  19. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2022 - Results . 2022-09-29 . www.the-sports.org.
  20. Web site: 2022-06-20 . Salma Solaun, plata en el Europeo de gimnasia rítmica . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  21. Web site: 2022-08-29 . La gimnasta alavesa Salma Solaun estará en el Mundial de rítmica en Sofía . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  22. Web site: 2022-09-16 . Salma Solaun logra el bronce con España en el Mundial de gimnasia rítmica de Sofía . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  23. Web site: 2022-09-18 . Salma Solaun logra su segundo bronce en el Mundial de rítmica de Sofía . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  24. Web site: 2022-09-19 . "Desde pequeña mi sueño siempre ha sido acudir a unos Juegos Olímpicos" . 2022-09-29 . El Correo . es.
  25. Web site: Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds . 2022-09-29 . gymnastics.sport.

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