Valeria Márquez Explained

Valeria Márquez
Birth Date:2004 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Almeria, Spain
Discipline:Rhythmic Gymnastics
Level:International Elite
Natlteam:2021-
Club:El Ejido
Headcoach:Alejandra Quereda, Ana María Pelaz
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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

  1. Web site: MARQUEZ Valeria - FIG Athlete Profile. www.gymnastics.sport. Sep 27, 2022.
  2. Web site: 35th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Results Book . europeangymnastics.com . 7 March 2024.
  3. Web site: 1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships: Group All-Around Ranking and Apparatus Qualification, Individual and Group Team Competition . http://web.archive.org/web/20190727190209/http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C53A_Group_Composition_1907.pdf . 27 July 2019 . 19 July 2019.
  4. Web site: 35TH EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS SENIOR INDIVIDUAL AND JUNIOR GROUP COMPETITIONS: Rhythmic Gymnastics: Qualification Group: JUNIORS: All-Around Results . 7 March 2024 . 2019.
  5. Web site: 1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships: Group All-Around Ranking and Apparatus Qualification (Hoops) . http://web.archive.org/web/20190819014859/http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C73J_Grp1%20Hoops_Results.pdf . July 2019 . 19 August 2019.
  6. Web site: 1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships: Group All-Around Ranking and Apparatus Qualification (Ribbons) . http://web.archive.org/web/20190819014408/http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C73J_Grp2%20Ribbons_Results.pdf . 19 August 2019 . July 2019.
  7. Web site: Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Kitakyushu 2021 (Results Book) . 28 March 2024.
  8. Web site: 38th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Group All-Around Final . http://web.archive.org/web/20211029180746/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpaa.pdf . 29 October 2021 . 29 October 2021.
  9. Web site: 38th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Group 5 Balls Final . http://web.archive.org/web/20211215021606/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpevents.pdf . 15 December 2021 . 31 October 2021.
  10. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2022 - Results . 2022-09-26 . www.the-sports.org.
  11. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results . 2022-09-26 . www.the-sports.org.
  12. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results . 2022-09-26 . www.the-sports.org.
  13. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results . 2022-09-26 . www.the-sports.org.
  14. Web site: Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2022 - Results . 2022-09-26 . www.the-sports.org.
  15. Web site: Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds . 2022-09-27 . gymnastics.sport.