Noemí Jiménez Martín (born 12 November 1993) is a

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from

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and member of the

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(LET).

Early life and amateur career

Jiménez was born in

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in 1993 to Antonio Jiménez and Mercedes Martín. She had a successful amateur career and won the 2010

French International Ladies Amateur Championship The French International Ladies Amateur Championship, known since 1998 also as the Cécile de Rothschild Trophy, is an annual amateur golf tournament in France for women. This stroke play championship, contested over 54 holes, was first held in 19 ...

. She was a semi-finalist at the

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in 2013, and she lost a playoff at the 2014

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to compatriot

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. Jiménez was a member of the Spanish National Team that won the 2013

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, alongside

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, Luna Sobron,

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and Patricia Sanz Barrio. She played on the winning

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team in 2013 and 2015, and represented Spain in the

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alongside

and

. Jiménez attended

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from 2011 to 2015 and played golf with the

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team. She received the 2015

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Professional career

Jiménez turned professional in 2015 and joined the 2016

. As a rookie, she finished T8 at the

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and T10 at the

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. In 2017, she made a few starts on the

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, where she was runner-up at the Bossey Ladies Championship in France, losing a playoff to Jane Turner of Scotland, and T3 at the

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in England. The following year, she secured a title at the

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in Switzerland. She also played in 14 LET events with a best result a T10 in the

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, and was T11 at the

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and the

Ladies European Thailand Championship The Ladies European Thailand Championship is a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour and Thai LPGA Tour, first played in 2017. Atthaya Thitikul became the youngest ever winner on the Ladies European Tour by claiming victory ...

. In 2018, Jiménez also qualified for the

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as one of the top 25 on the

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not otherwise qualified, but did not make the cut. In 2019, she was T12 at the

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and at the

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, and rose to just outside the top 300 in the

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. In 2021, she won the Regione Piemonte Pro-Am, preceding the

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Amateur wins

*2010

*2013 Cal Classic, Darrius Rucker Intercollegiate *2014 NCAA D1 West Regional Source:

Professional wins (3)

LET Access Series wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour (2)

*2016 Santander Golf Tour Zaudín *2019 Santander Golf Tour Sevilla (with Silvia Bañón)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2013 (winners), 2015 (winners) *

(representing Spain):

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(winners),

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Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Spain):

Professional *

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(representing Spain):

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jimenez, Noemi Spanish female golfers Arizona State Sun Devils women's golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Málaga 1993 births Living people 21st-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish people