Marina González Lara (born 15 December 2002) is a Spanish

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and

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. She represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2019 Szombathely World Challenge Cup. She competed at the 2019 World Championships and helped Spain qualify as a full team for the

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Personal life

Marina González was born on 15 December 2002, in

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, Spain. She speaks both Catalan and

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. She trained in athletics and

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before gymnastics, and competed at the Catalan regional taekwondo championships, but she switched to gymnastics when she was eight.

Career

Junior

González made her international debut at the 2015 Elite Gym Massilia, and she finished forty-sixth in the all-around. She then finished nineteenth in the all-around at the 2016 Spanish Cup and twelfth at the Spanish Championships. She then finished twentieth in the all-around at the 2017 Spanish Cup.

Senior

González became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2018. won a silver medal with her club at both the 2018 1st and 2nd Spanish League. She was supposed to compete at the

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, but she injured her elbow and was out of competition for the rest of the year. González finished fifth with her club at the 2019 1st Spanish League and fourth at the 2nd Spanish League. She then won the silver medal in the all-around behind Laura Bechdejú at the Spanish League Finals. She won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2019 Spanish National Championships behind Ana Pérez. She won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup with a score of 12.866. At the 2019 World Championships, González competed with teammates

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, Roxana Popa, Ana Pérez, and

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. They finished twelfth as a team during qualifications, and although they did not qualify for the team final, they qualified a team to the

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, giving Spain its first team berth at the Olympic Games since

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. González won the bronze medal in the all-around and finished fourth with her club at the 2020 1st Spanish League. Then at the 2020 Spanish National Championships, she won the all-around bronze medal behind Alba Petisco and Ana Pérez. González competed at the 2021 FIT Challenge and helped the Spanish team finish fifth. Individually, she finished fifteenth in the all-around and sixth in the balance beam final. She was selected to the Spanish women's artistic gymnastics team for the postponed

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alongside Laura Bechdejú,

and Roxana Popa. The team finished twelfth in

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and did not reach the final. In August 2021, González signed with

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, joining their gymnastics team for the 2021–2022 season. She missed her entire freshman season due to a foot injury. She returned to competition at the 2022 Spanish Championships, only competing on the balance beam. While training for the 2022 World Championships, she tore her ACL and missed the entire 2023 NCAA season.

Social media

González created an account on

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in 2018. As of January 2023, she has over 1.4 million TikTok followers, and she is the most followed Spanish athlete on the platform.

Competitive history

References

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