Patricia Pérez (gymnast)
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Born | Valencia, Spain | 8 August 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2021-2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CEG Almussafes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Alejandra Quereda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Ana María Pelaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patricia Pérez (born 8 August 2004) is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast.[1] She was the bronze All-Around and five hoops medalist at the 2022 World Championships.
Personal life
[edit]Pérez took up gymnastics at age five. After er parents saw a poster advertising the sport in Sueca and asked her whether she wanted to attend, she said yes.[2]
In October 2020, she underwent surgery on the meniscus in her left knee; her recovery took about six weeks.[3] She trains twice a day at the High Performance Centre (CAR) in Madrid.
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]Pérez was part of the Spanish junior group that competed at both the 2019 European[4] and World Championships,[5] finishing seventh in Baku and fifth in Moscow.[6][7][8]
Senior
[edit]In 2021 Pérez participated in the World Championships alongside Inés Bergua, Ana Gayán, Valeria Márquez, Uma Mendez and Mireia Martínez, finishing 12th in the All-Around and fifth in the three hoops and four clubs' final.[9][10][11]
The group debuted in 2022 at the World Cup in Sofia, they were fifth in the All-Around and five hoops and sixth with three ribbons and two balls.[12] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore did not qualify for event finals.[13] A month later in Pamplona, they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with five hoops.[14] In Portimão they won three silver medals.[15] They won All-Around bronze and five hoops and silver with three ribbons and two balls in Cluj-Napoca.[16] Patricia took part, with Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Valeria Márquez, Mireia Martínez and Salma Solaun in the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, winning silver in the three ribbons and two 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), five hoops, and team.[17]
In 2023, Pérez and the group debuted at the World Cup in Sofia, taking 11th place overall and eighth with three ribbons and two balls.[18][19] A week later, they competed at the Grand Prix in Thiais.[20] In April the group took part in the World Cup in Baku, being 10th in the All-Around and eighth with five hoops.[21] In Portimão, they won gold in the All-Around and silver with five hoops.[22][23] At the European Championships in Baku, the group finished sixth overall, fourth with five hoops and won bronze in the mixed event.[24] After a training camp in Alicante, Salma was selected for the World Championships in Valencia, alongside Inés Bergua, Salma Solaun, Mireia Martínez and Ana Arnau, she took bronze in the All-Around and silver with five hoops.[25]
The first competition of the group in 2024 was the World Cup in Athens, where they took fourth place in the All-Around, eighth with five hoops and seventh with three ribbons and two balls.[26][27] Weeks later, in Sofia, they won silver with five balls. In Baku, the group won gold in the All-Around and silver with three ribbons and two balls.[28][29] In May, she won gold in the All-Around and with five hoops as well as bronze in the mixed event at the stage in Portimão.[30] At the European Championships in Budapest the Spanish group won bronze in the All-Around, silver with five hoops and gold with three ribbons and two balls.[31][32] At the last World Cup of the season, in Cluj-Napoca, they won gold in the mixed event final.[33] In early August, Pérez, Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Mireia Martínez and Salma Solaun competed at the Olympic Games in Paris, where they took 10th place in the qualification event and thus did not advance to the final.[34]
References
[edit]- ^ "PEREZ FOS Patricia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ Moreno, Alberto (2020-05-21). "Patricia Pérez y Sara Tatay: dos nuevos talentos sobre el tapiz". Proyecto FER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ https://rfegimnasia.es/getdata/Getfilenoattachmentmultimedia/name/%5B%5D
- ^ "2019 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Convocatoria Copa del Mundo Sofia 2023". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "La gimnasia rítmica continúa la temporada internacional". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Cuatro finales y dos medallas para el equipo de gimnasia rítmica en la Copa del Mundo de Portimao". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "2023 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). backend.europeangymnastics.com.
- ^ "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ^ Federici, Giordano (2024-03-23). "Ritmica, World Cup: a Palaio Faliro la squadra Nazionale conquista il bronzo All Around. Nessuna medaglia per le individualiste, domani le finali". GINNASTICANDO.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Fantoni, Lucrezia (2024-03-24). "Ritmica, World Cup: a Palaio Faliro l'Italia vince un oro e tre argenti nelle finali di specialità". GINNASTICANDO.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "El conjunto sénior, plata en la final de 5 aros en la Copa del Mundo de Sofia". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "Oro y plata para el conjunto sénior en la Copa del Mundo de Baku". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ Brunetti, Mariacarmela (2024-05-12). "Ritmica, alla World Challenge Cup di Portimão 2024 Dragas sesta alla palla". GINNASTICANDO.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "2024 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "Oro, plata y bronce para el conjunto sénior en el Campeonato de Europa". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "Oro para el ejercicio mixto del conjunto de gimnasia rítmica en Cluj Napoca". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "Group All-Around - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.