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Rosabel Espinosa
Rosabel Espinosa de la Casa (born 18 May 1976) is a retired Spanish Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast. She's a multiple Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, European Championships medalist. Biography Rosabel started practicing rhythmic gymnastics at the Escuela de Competición of Alicante (Club ECA) trained by Francisca Maneus (also known as Paqui Maneus). In December 1987, at the age of 11, she was 6th in the tournament «Objective '92» in Alicante. n 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, Gemma Royo, Noelia Fernández (gymnast), Noelia Fernández and Montserrat Martín, Montse Martín. In 1989 she was chosen by Emilia Boneva to enter the junior national team. In April she participated in the Communaute Europeenne tournament, where she placed 10th. In June, at the 1989 Rhythmic Gym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicante
Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in the Valencian Community. Toponymy The name of the city echoes the Arabic name ''Laqant'' () or ''al-Laqant'' (), which in turn reflects the Latin ''Lucentum'' and Greek root ''Leuké'' (or ''Leuka''), meaning "white". History The area around Alicante has been inhabited for over 7000 years. The first tribes of hunter-gatherers moved down gradually from Central Europe between 5000 and 3000 BC. Some of the earliest settlements were made on the slopes of Mount Benacantil. By 1000 BC Greek and Phoenician traders had begun to visit the eastern coast of Spain, establishing small trading ports and introducing the native Iberian tribes to the alphabet, iron, and the pottery wheel. The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca established the fortifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
