Manuel Carballo Martínez (born 23 November 1982) in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
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Spain
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is a Spanish
artistic gymnast
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
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Carballo is from a renowned gymnastics family. His father Jesús Sr is the coach of the Spanish national women's team and his older brother
Jesús Carballo
Jesús Carballo (born 26 November 1976) is a Spanish former gymnast who competed in the 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 Cen ...
Jr was a two time world champion. Another brother, Javier, is also involved in Gymnastics.
Carballo was the 2005 European Champion on the Parallel Bars with a score of 9.712. Manuel qualified in second place for the 2005 World Championships final on the event. Manuel performed a clean routine until his dismount, where a large stumble left him out of medal contention. Carballo has also won numerous medals at World Cup competitions. Carballo was a member of the Spanish team at the 2007 World Championships.
In 2008, Carballo was part of the Spanish Olympic Team, finishing 11th.
Manuel Carballo at Sports Reference
Sports Reference
References
1982 births
Living people
Gymnasts from Madrid
Spanish male artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts for Spain
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics
European champions in gymnastics
20th-century Spanish people
21st-century Spanish people
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