Patricia Pérez (rhythmic gymnast)
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| Country represented |  Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 2004 Valencia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2021- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CEG Almussafes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alejandra Quereda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Ana María Pelaz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patricia Pérez (born 8 August 2004) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's the bronze All-Around and 5 hoops medalist at the 2022 World Championships.
Personal life[edit]
She took up the sport at age five, her parents saw a poster advertising the sport in Sueca and asked her whether she would want to attend, she said yes.[2] In October 2020 she underwent surgery on the meniscus in her left knee, her recovery took about six weeks.[3] She trains twice a day at the High Performance Centre (CAR) in Madrid.
Career[edit]
Junior[edit]
Pérez was part of the Spanish junior group that competed at both the 2019 European[4] and World Championships,[5] finishing 7th in Baku and 5th in Moscow.[6][7][8]
Senior[edit]
In 2021 Pérez participated in the World Championships along Inés Bergues, Ana Gayán, Valeria Márquez, Uma Mendez and Mireia Martínez, finishing 12th in the All-Around and 5th in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs' final.[9][10][11]
The group debuted in 2022 at the World Cup in Sofia, they were 5th in the All-Around and 5 hoops and 6th with 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[12] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore didn't qualify for event finals.[13] A month later in Pamplona they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[14] In Portimão they won 3 silver medals.[15] They won All-Around bronze and 5 hoops and silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls in Cluj-Napoca.[16] Patricia took part, with Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Valeria Márquez, Mireia Martínez and Salma Solaun in the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, winning silver in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, and the World Championships in Sofia where the Spanish group won three bronze medals: All-Around (earning them a spot for the 2024 Olympics), 5 hoops, and team.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ "PEREZ FOS Patricia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ Moreno, Alberto (2020-05-21). "Patricia Pérez y Sara Tatay: dos nuevos talentos sobre el tapiz". Proyecto FER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ https://rfegimnasia.es/getdata/Getfilenoattachmentmultimedia/name/%5B%5D
- ^ "2019 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C53A_Group_Composition_1907.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/JUNIORS%20-%20Group%20-%20Qualification%20AllAroundResultsRg.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C73J_Grp1%20Hoops_Results.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://static.rgjunior2019.com/C73J_Grp2%20Ribbons_Results.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://gym.longinestiming.com/File/0000130000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF03
- ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpaa.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpevents.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Mireia Martínez y Patricia Pérez consiguen los primeros billetes para los Juegos de París y Héctor Tolsá se proclama subcampeón de Europa". 19 September 2022.