Laura Casabuena García (born 26 December 2005) is a Spanish artistic gymnast. She was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the

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. She represented Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Casabuena was born in Alcoy, Spain, on 26 December 2005. She began gymnastics when she was six after being inspired by the

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. She has a younger sister, Lucía, who also competes in gymnastics.

Gymnastics career

Casabuena finished fifth in the all-around in the junior division of the 2020 Spanish Championships. She became age-eligible for senior competition in 2021, finishing fifth all-around in the senior division at the 2021 Spanish Championships.

2022

Casabuena made her international debut at the Koper World Challenge Cup where she finished fifth on uneven bars and seventh on floor exercise. In June, she competed at the

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, where the Spanish team took the bronze medal behind Italy and France. Individually, Casabuena finished seventh in the all-around, fifth on the balance beam, and seventh on the floor exercise. At the

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in Munich, Casabuena helped Spain qualify for the team final, where they placed eighth. She qualified for the floor exercise final at the Paris World Challenge Cup and finished fourth. Casabuena won the all-around bronze medal at the Joaquim Blume Memorial. She then competed at the World Championships and qualified for the all-around final. In the final, she fell off the balance beam multiple times and finished 24th. After the World Championships, she competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial and finished sixth in the all-around. She ended by season by competing at the

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with

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, and they finished fourth.

2023

Casabuena started the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she finished sixth on vault and eighth on floor exercise. She next competed at the

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where she helped the Spanish team win the bronze medal behind Italy and South Korea. Individually, she won the gold medal on the floor exercise. At the

, Casabuena helped the Spanish team finish eighth. She also qualified for the all-around final where she finished tenth and the floor exercise final where she finished sixth. Casabuena finished fifth in the all-around at the Spanish Championships. Then at the RomGym Trophy, she helped Spain win the silver medal behind Romania. Individually, she won the all-around bronze medal behind Romanians Ana Bărbosu and

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. She also won the bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Voinea and Canada's

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. At the World Championships, Casabuena finished 45th in the all-around during qualifications while the team finished in 16th place.

2024

Casabuena registered for the 2024 FIG World Cup series to earn points for Olympic qualification. At the first event in Cairo, she won a bronze medal on the floor exercise. Then at the Cottbus World Cup, she finished eighth on the balance beam. She finished sixth on the floor exercise at the Baku World Cup. At the final event in Doha, she finished fifth on the balance beam and won the bronze medal on the floor exercise. At the conclusion of the World Cup series, Casabuena earned an individual Olympic berth for the upcoming Olympic Games. She earned enough points for qualification on both the balance beam and floor exercise and was awarded the floor exercise quota because she earned more qualification points on that event than she earned on the balance beam.

Competitive history

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Casabuena, Laura 2005 births Living people Spanish female artistic gymnasts People from Alcoy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Spanish women Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Spain