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Emilia Boneva
Emilia Boneva (21 July 1938 - 20 September 2019) was a Bulgarian coach in rhythmic gymnastics and head coach of the Spanish national team from 1982 to 1996. Her achievements included the Olympic gold won by the Niñas de Oro in Atlanta 1996, Carolina Pascual's silver medal in Barcelona 1992. Among other awards, she received the silver medal of Royal Order of Sports Merit (1994). Biography In her childhood in Bulgaria Emilia practised artistic gymnastics and later rhythmic gymnastics. She studied at the National Sports Academy, specializing in rhythmic gymnastics. She trained in this discipline in her home country from 1965 to 1982. She moved to Spain on 16 April 1982 to become the head coach of the Spanish team. From April 1982 to 1992 she coached both individuals and the group, then she worked only with individuals for the 1993 World Championship, and then again with both from March 1994 to December 1996, when she was replaced by María Fernández. Emilia underwent heart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 6.1 million people, making it the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over above sea level, it features unique topography that includes rolling hills, lush greenery, and the most dense urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States. Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad, but it soon became the convergence point among several rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maider Esparza
Maider Esparza Elizalde (born 28 April 1979) is a former Spanish rhythmic gymnast, who was a substitute for the two-time world champion and gold medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games national group, although for that event only the six starting gymnasts were allowed to be called up. Personal life She has two children: a girl, Naia, who also practices rhythmic gymnastics, and a boy, Oier. Biography Maider began her activity as a gymnast at the Club Natación Pamplona, following two of her cousins that already practised the sport. In 1993 she was 4th in clubs in the Spanish Individual Championship "B" in Valencia, and that same year she participated in the Spanish Group Championship in Gijón, being 4th in first category with Natación Pamplona. In 1994, she was called by Emilia Boneva to be part of the national team as a member of the group. During this time she lived with the rest of the team members in a chalet in Canillejas and trained at the Moscardó Gymnasium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estíbaliz Martínez
Estíbaliz Martínez Yerro (born 9 May 1980 in Vitoria) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and won a gold medal with the Spanish group. The team was formed by Estíbaliz, Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez and Tania Lamarca. Also she was two times world champion in 3 balls/2 ribbons. See also * List of gymnasts * List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women) * Gymnastics at the Pan American Games Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics have been contested at the Pan American Games since the 1951 edition. In 1987, Rhythmic Gymnastics was introduced. In 2007, Trampoline was added to the program. Editions Events All-time medal table Ar ... * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships * Gymnastics at the World Games * Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Notes References External links * * * * 1980 births Living people Spanish rhythmic gymnasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuria Cabanillas
Nuria Cabanillas Provencio (born 9 August 1980) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She won a gold medal with the Spanish group at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The team was formed by Nuria, Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Lorena Guréndez, Estíbaliz Martínez and Tania Lamarca. Also she was three times world champion: two in 3 balls/2 ribbons and one in 3 ribbons/2 hoops. Nuria Cabanillas Provencio retired in 1999. See also * List of gymnasts * List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women) * Gymnastics at the Pan American Games * World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships * Gymnastics at the World Games * Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships The Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships are the European championships for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. They were first held in 1978. The European Championships and the European Junior Championships were united in 1993. Prior to 2006, ... References External links * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Royo
Gemma Royo Lorte (born 20 March 1975) is a Spanish retired rhythmic gymnast. She was World champion in 1991 and two-time European champion in 1992. The generation of gymnasts that she was part of is known by the nickname "Primeras Chicas de Oro". Biography Gemma tool up the sport in 1982 at Club Escuela de Gimnasia Rítmica of Zaragoza. Trained by Chus Garcés, she would participate in several Spanish Championships in different categories: children, pre-junior, junior and first category. In 1987 she got bronze i ex aequo with Rosabel Espinosa in Palma de Mallorca. That same year she also became champion of Aragon and soon after, in the Spanish Group Championships held in Onteniente won another bronze in the children category. In 1988 she was called up for a selection of young promises "Barcelona 92", among them there were some future stars of the Spanish rhythmic gymnastics as Ada Liberio, Edi Moreno, Carmen Acedo, Carolina Pascual, Eider Mendizábal, Rosabel Espinosa, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bito Fuster
bito AG is a German-incorporated company based in Berlin. It was first a wholesaler, and later a manufacturer, of industrial paint Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or solid mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture. Paint can be made in many ...s and finishes. History The company was founded in Berlin in 1966 by Rudolf Spitzley as a wholesale trader for industrial paint, pigment, colours and lacquer-varnish. Co-founders were Hans-Peter Haas and Gunther Wirth. In 1989, bito took over Wilhelm Detel GmbH in Uelzen. Today, the company owns branches in Eberswalde, Heinersdorf, Potsdam, Spandau and Hamburg. bito went public in 1999 under Joachim Spitzley, the founder's son. Shift to production In 2009, bito shifted from wholesale to production with a focus on research of colours and lacquer-varnishes. One major innovation of the company was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorea Elso
María Flor Elso Torralba (born 8 June 1973), known as Lorea Elso, is a former Spanish rhythmic gymnast. She was World champion in 1991 and two-time European champion in 1992. The generation of gymnasts that she was part of is known by the nickname "Primeras Chicas de Oro". Elso is tied with Teresa Fuster, Marta Baldó and Estela Giménez for the Spanish rhythmic gymnast with the most medals in World Championships, with a total of 8. Biography Elso started rhythmic gymnastics when she was 9 years old at the Ivanka Chakarova Club in Pamplona. In 1988, after this club disbanded, she joined the Anaitasuna Recreational Sports Cultural Society in the same city. In 1988, she was invited by Emilia Boneva to join the national rhythmic gymnastics team of Spain as part of the group, which she would be a member of until 1992. During that time, she would train about 8 hours a day at the Moscardó Gymnasium in Madrid under the direction of Boneva herself along with that of Ana Roncer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanesa Muñiz
Vanesa Muñiz Rubio (born 18 July 1975) is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast. During her time in the national team she won 9 international medals. Biography Vanesa started her sports career at Club Atlético Montemar in Alicante. In 1989 Emilia Boneva selected her to be part of the national senior group, where she remained a starter for the next two years. During that time she would train about 8 hours a day at the Moscardó Gymnasium in Madrid under the orders of Boneva herself and Ana Roncero, who since 1982 had been the national team head coach and group coach respectively, Georgi Neykov was the choreographer. In addition, she would live with all the members of the team in a house in La Moraleja. At the beginning of 1989, she won three silver medals in the DTB-Pokal Karlsruhe tournament. Shortly after, she and the other members of the group ( Beatriz Barral, Bito Fuster, Arancha Marty, Mari Carmen Moreno and Lorea Elso, with Marta Aberturas and Nuria Arias as the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Marín
Natalia may refer to: People * Natalia (given name), list of people with this name * Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980) * Natalia (Greek singer) (born 1983) * Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982) Music and film * ''Natalia'' (film), a 1988 French film * "Natalia", a 1981 song by Van Morrison * "Natalia", a Venezuelan Waltz by Antonio Lauro Antonio Lauro (August 3, 1917 – April 18, 1986) was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the guitar in the 20th century. Biography Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. Hi ... Places * Natalia Republic, a former republic in South Africa * Natalia, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Natalia, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Natalia, Texas, a city in Medina County, Texas, United States Ships *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
The 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 September to 16 September 2018 at Arena Armeec. The top three countries in the group all-around, Russia, Italy, and Bulgaria won the first three spots for the 2020 Olympic Games. Russia was the most successful nation of the competition with seven of the nine gold medals, and Bulgaria and Italy each won a title. On 11 September, Russia's Dina Averina won the first two gold medals of the competition, in the Hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop and Ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball event finals. In the hoop final, Linoy Ashram won the silver medal, the best-ever result for Israel at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, and in the ball final, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese won Italy's first individual medal in twenty-seven years. Then on 13 September, Averina won the Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs gold medal, and Aleksandra Soldatova won the Ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ribbon gold medal. Milena B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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