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Ana Gayán
Ana Gayán (born 22 May 2000) is a former Spanish rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Gayán took up the sport at age seven at Club Pucol in Valencia. She then switched to rhythmic gymnastics because she did not like ballet. Her idols are the girls of the Spanish group that won Olympic silver in 2016 and Alina Maksymenko. Gayán's ambition was to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. She was named the 2017 Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year in El Puig. She's currently studying dentistry. Career Gayán started at Club Puzol in Valencia, to later move on to Club Margaix. In 2010 Ana participated in her first National Championship in Benidorm, in the ''alevin'' category with ball. Since then, she has participated in a National Base Group Championship, four Spanish Individual Championships and three Spanish Group Championships. In February 2014, she was called for the first time by the Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation, attending seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the Province of Valencia, province of the same name. The wider urban area also comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, constituting one of the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, major urban areas on the European side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the banks of the Turia (river), Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, at the Gulf of Valencia, north of the Albufera lagoon. Valencia was founded as a Roman Republic, Roman colony in 138 BC. Al-Andalus, Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. Crown of Aragon, Aragonese Christian conquest took place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palencia
Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of the Inner Plateau, the city lies on the left-bank of the Carrión river. At the regional level, Palencia forms part of an economic axis together with the cities of Valladolid and Burgos. As of 2017, the municipality has a population of 78,892. Geography Palencia lies in the north of the central Spanish plateau, the Meseta Central, in the middle of the Carrión river valley, near the river's confluence with the Pisuerga, which flows through the town creating four islets, Dos Aguas and Sotillo being the largest. Palencia is located approximately 190 km north of Madrid, and some 40 km north of Valladolid, capital of Castile and León. Two hills surround the city in its north-east area. On the closest stands the 30-metre high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza De Colón
Plaza de Colón (''Columbus Square'', in English) is located in the encounter of Chamberí, Centro and Salamanca districts of Madrid, Spain. This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. Monuments The plaza, originally called Plaza de Santiago (''St. James Square''), was renamed Plaza de Colón in 1893 to honor Christopher Columbus. The square contains two monuments. On the Paseo de la Castellana side there is a monument to Columbus whose base was finished in 1885. It is topped by a statue of Columbus. The second monument near the Calle de Serrano consists of a group of concrete macro-sculptures by Joaquín Vaquero Turcios. The concrete blocks are decorated with inscriptions by philosophers and indigenous leaders. Flag Since Spain's National Day in 2001, the world's largest Spanish flag—14m x 21m (46 x 69 ft)—294 square meters (3164 square feet)—has flown from a flagpole in Plaza de Colón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, and marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. These were also the first Summer Olympics since 1924 to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics, as part of a new International Olympic Committee, IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predominantly English-speaking world, English-speaking country preceding the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. These were also the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lía Rovira
Lía Rovira (born 17 November 2000) is a former Spanish rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Rovira took up gymnastics at the Club Mabel of Benicarló. Her idol is Evgeniya Kanaeva, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobbies are reading and watching movies. Career Lía's first National Championship was in Benidorm in 2012, participating in the pre junior category with clubs and winning silver. Junior As a junior, in 2013, she was proclaimed national group champion in Granada and was 4th in the team competition at individual nationals in Valladolid. That same year she attended for the first time several trainings held at the CEARD in León. In the individual national championships held in Granada in 2014, she achieved the 5th position in the teams category and was classified among the 10 best gymnasts in the junior category. Junior In September 2014 she was awarded a scholarship by the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Polo
Alba Polo (born 17 May 2001) is a Spaniards, Spanish former Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Alba took up gymnastics when she was 7 at the Club Vallecas, her idols are the girls of the Spanish group that won Olympic silver in 2016 and Margarita Mamun, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobby is going shopping. She speaks Spanish and English. Career In 2009 Alba participated in her first group national championships, celebrated in Valladolid, with Club Torrejón performing a free hands routine. From then until 2013 she participated in the national group championships (being 5th the last two years) and competed as an individual at regional level. Junior In 2014 she participated in her first national individual championship, held in Guadalajara, placing among the 25 major junior category with clubs. During that year she was in several control trainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Esquerdo
Clara Esquerdo (born 8 May 2000) is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Esquerdo took up gymnastics in 2010, her idols are the girls of the Spanish group that won Olympic silver in 2016 and Alina Maksymenko, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobby is going out with friends and family while she studies mechanical engineering. She speaks Catalan and Spanish. Career Esquerdo started at the Club Muntanyenc Sant Cugat (current Club Sant Cugat Esportiu) under the orders of the former Spanish gymnast Esther Escolar. In 2011 she participated as a junior in her first Spanish Team Championship, in Valladolid. By 2012, already in the children's category, she was awarded a scholarship by the Catalan Gymnastics Federation to be part of the Catalan team in the Sant Cugat's CAR, going on to train under Iratxe Aurrekoetxea and Toni Zankova. That year she participated with free hands and ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Cuadrillero
Victoria Cuadrillero (born 6 July 2000) is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Daughter of Juan Manuel Cuadrillero, Victoria took up gymnastics at age 7. Her idols are the girls of the Spanish group that won Olympic silver in 2016 and Yana Kudryavtseva, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobbies are studying, music, watching videos. She's currently pursuing a degree in criminology. Career Cuadrillero started in the Municipal Sports Center of Guadarrama under the orders of Celia Benayas, training around four and a half hours per week. In 2014, with a national license from the Sierra Club of Madrid, she participated in the Individual Base National Championship held in Guadalajara with the ribbon exercise, forming part of the cadet category. That same year she attended several concentrations of the Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics in the facilities of the CAR in Madrid (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk District (raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First documented in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, the 31st edition, took place from May 1 to 3 2015 in Minsk, Belarus at the Minsk-Arena. Participating countries Competition schedule *Friday May 1 **10:00-12:10 CI junior groups 1st presentation **14:00-15:45 CI seniors individual hoop and ball Group C **16:00-18:00 CI seniors individual hoop and ball Group B **19:15-21:00 CI seniors individual hoop and ball Group A *Saturday May 2 **10:00-12:15 CI junior groups 2nd presentation **14:00-16:00 CI seniors individual clubs and ribbon Group B **16:15-18:00 CI seniors individual clubs and ribbon Group C **18:15-20:00 CI seniors individual clubs and ribbon Group A *Sunday May 3 **11:00-11:45 CIII Apparatus finals junior groups **13:30-14:20 CIII Apparatus finals seniors hoop and ball **14:55-15:45 CIII Apparatus finals seniors clubs and ribbon Medalists Results Seniors Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Juniors Group all-around 5 balls Medal count Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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