Spain at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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| Spain at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
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At the 1996 World Championships, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jesús Carballo won Spain its first medal at the World Championships, a gold on horizontal bar.[1] At the 2002 World Championships Elena Gómez became the first female Spanish gymnast to win a World Championships medal, winning gold on floor exercise.[2] At that same World Championships Gervasio Deferr had initially won the silver medal on men's floor exercise; however he was stripped of the medal the following year after testing positive for marijuana.[3]
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Year | Event |
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| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Jesús Carballo | Puerto Rico 1996 San Juan | Men's horizontal bar |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Jesús Carballo | Switzerland 1997 Lausanne | Men's horizontal bar |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Gervasio Deferr | China 1999 Tianjin | Men's floor exercise |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Jesús Carballo | Men's horizontal bar | |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | Elena Gómez | Hungary 2002 Debrecen | Women's floor exercise |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Elena Gómez | United States 2003 Anaheim | Women's floor exercise |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | Gervasio Deferr | Germany 2007 Stuttgart | Men's floor exercise |
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | Rayderley Zapata | United Kingdom 2015 Glasgow | Men's floor exercise |
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References
- ↑ "Jesús Carballo Martínez: «Llevo siete operaciones en una rodilla»" [Jesús Carballo Martínez: «I have had seven operations on my knee»]. La Voz de Galicia (in español). May 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Veinte años del oro mundial de Elena Gómez" [Twenty years of Elena Gómez's world gold]. Mundo Deportivo (in español). November 24, 2022.
- ↑ "Gervasio Deferr pierde la medalla de plata del Mundial por dopaje". July 31, 2003. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.
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