Celia Barquín Arozamena (6 July 1996 – 17 September 2018) was a Spanish amateur

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. She won the 2018

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Career

Barquín was born in

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and educated in

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and then in Madrid. She spent two years in a residential training programme run by the Spanish Sports Council before moving to the United States, where she was a member of the

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team from 2014 to 2018 and was the

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Female Athlete of the Year for 2018. She played for Spain at the 2015 and 2016

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, where the team finished third and second respectively. She won the 2018

held at the Penati Golf Resort in

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, finishing a stroke ahead of

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. In the third round, she set a course record of 63. She qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, where she missed the cut. In 2018, she reached Stage II of the

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, which is to be played in mid-October.

Death

Barquín was in her final year of a degree in

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after completing her eligibility for the university golf team with the 2017–2018 season. On 17 September 2018 at 10:24 a.m., the Ames Police Department were called and discovered her dead body at the Coldwater Golf Links in

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. Collin Richards, a 22-year-old homeless man who had been living in an encampment near the golf course, was charged with her murder. An acquaintance said Richards had told him that he had "an urge to rape and kill a woman" according to ''The New York Times''. He pled guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced on 23 August 2019 to life in prison.

Memorial

Barquín, the most accomplished women's golfer in Iowa State University history, was honored on Saturday, 22 September 2018, at

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. At 10:50 a.m. CDT ( UTC−05:00), a video tribute and a moment of silence in honor of her occurred before the

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vs.

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football game. Fans wore her favorite color, yellow. Proceeds from the sale of yellow T-shirts with her initials, CBA, on the front went to the ''"Remembering Celia Memorial Fund"''. Additionally, in her honor, both the Iowa State and the Akron Zips football teams wore her initials, CBA, as a decal on their helmets and the Iowa State University Cyclone Football Varsity Marching Band formed a CBA during their routine. Posthumously, Barquín will receive a civil engineering diploma from Iowa State University. Prior to her death, Barquín was to receive the Iowa State female student-athlete of the year award at Jack Trice Stadium on 22 September 2018.

2018 Ryder Cup

During the

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, all players, both the United States and the European Union, wore yellow ribbons with her name, Celia, on them in her honor at

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Remembering Celia Memorial Fund

The Remembering Celia Memorial Fund was established for the family of Barquín. All money collected will be used to honor her memory and directed to her family.

Amateur wins

*2011 Grand Prix de Chiberta *2012 Grand Prix de Chiberta *2013 Grand Prix de Chiberta, Campeonato Excmo Ayto de Llanes *2014 Campeonato del Principado de Asturias Absoluto *2017 Copa Match Play Comunidad Valenciana *2018 Big 12 Women's Championship,

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Team appearances

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(representing Spain):

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(representing Spain):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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References

External links

Biography at Iowa State Cyclones website
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