Salma Solaun
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| Country represented |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 2005 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beti-Ritmica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alejandra Quereda, Ana María Pelaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Marga Armas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Salma Solaun (born 2 March 2005) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast[1] who competed at the 2019 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastic championships, where she won a bronze medal.[2] She also won a silver medal at the 2022 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final.
Personal life
[edit]Solaun took up gymnastics at age three because she was restless, so her parents signed her up for a rhythmic gymnastics class. She also tried swimming and skating, but in the end she chose rhythmic gymnastics. Salma now says that "rhythmic gymnastics is part of my life. I could not see myself without it". Her dream is to compete at the Olympic Games, like her idols Almudena Cid and Ganna Rizatdinova.[3]
Career
[edit]Junior
[edit]In 2018 Solaun was integrated in the national team while competing for Beti Aurrera.[4] She then started taking part in international tournaments representing Spain.[5] In June 2019, after winning the junior Spanish championships,[6] Salma was selected for the Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia,[7] where she made the ribbon final in the end winning an historical bronze, the first individual medal for Spain since 1993.[8]
Senior
[edit]In 2020 Solaun was included in the senior national team, she won medals in competitions, such as the Moscow Grand Prix in February.[9] In 2021 she was among the contenders to represent Spain at the 2021 World Championship,[10] she made the team but an injury to her left knee prevented her from competing and was replaced by her teammate Teresa Gorospe.[11] She underwent surgery on the problem in November 2021 and was away from the sport for five months.[12] In 2022 Solaun decided to switch to the group making her debut 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.[13] [14] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore didn't qualify for event finals.[15] A month later in Pamplona they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[16][17] In Portimão they won 3 silver medals.[18] They won All-Around bronze and 5 hoops and silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls in Cluj-Napoca.[19] Salma took part, with Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Valeria Márquez, Mireia Martínez and Patricia Pérez in the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, winning silver in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final,[20] and the World Championshipsin Sofia[21] where the Spanish group won three bronze medals: All-Around (earning them a spot for the 2024 Olympics), 5 hoops, and team.[22][23][24][25]
In 2023 Salma and the group debuted at the World Cup in Sofia, taking 11th place overall and 8th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[26][27] A week later they competed at the Grand Prix in Thiais.[28] In April the group took part in the World Cup in Baku, being 10th in the All-Around and 8th with 5 hoops.[29] In Portimão they won gold in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[30][31] At the European Championships in Baku the group finished 6th overall, 4th with 5 hoops and won bronze in the mixed event.[32] After a training camp in Alicante Salma was selected for the World Championships in Valencia, there along Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Mireia Martínez and Patricia Pérez, she took bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[33]
The first competition of the group in 2024 was the World Cup in Athens, where they took 4th place in the All-Around, 8th with 5 hoops and 7th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[34][35] Weeks later, in Sofia they won silver with 5 balls, in Baku the group won gold in the All-Around and silver with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[36][37]
References
[edit]- ^ "SOLAUN Salma". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Salma Solaun y Teresa Gorospe buscan lucirse con España en Moscú". El Correo. 3 April 2020.
- ^ ""Ser olímpica es mi gran sueño"". El Correo (in Spanish). 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Tres representantes del Beti Aurrera, convocadas por la seleccionadora nacional". El Correo (in Spanish). 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Salma Solaun y Teresa Gorospe debutarán con la selección junior de rítmica en Marbella". El Correo (in Spanish). 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Las gimnastas Solaun y Gorospe triunfan en el Campeonato de España de rítmica". El Correo (in Spanish). 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Salma Solaun y Teresa Gorospe participan en el Mundial junior". El Correo (in Spanish). 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Histórico bronce para la vitoriana Salma Solaun". El Correo (in Spanish). 2019-07-21. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Salma Solaun logra la plata y el bronce en el Grand Prix de Moscú". El Correo (in Spanish). 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Concentración Control Campeonato del Mundo". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Inscripción definitiva Campeonato del Mundo gimnasia rítmica". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ Lazkano, Borja (2021-10-20). "Salma Solaun se pierde el Mundial de gimnasia por una lesión de rodilla". Diario de Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 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.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Gorospe y Solaun brillan en Pamplona". El Correo (in Spanish). 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Cluj-Napoca 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Salma Solaun, plata en el Europeo de gimnasia rítmica". El Correo (in Spanish). 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "La gimnasta alavesa Salma Solaun estará en el Mundial de rítmica en Sofía". El Correo (in Spanish). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Salma Solaun logra el bronce con España en el Mundial de gimnasia rítmica de Sofía". El Correo (in Spanish). 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Salma Solaun logra su segundo bronce en el Mundial de rítmica de Sofía". El Correo (in Spanish). 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ ""Desde pequeña mi sueño siempre ha sido acudir a unos Juegos Olímpicos"". El Correo (in Spanish). 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Sofia 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Convocatoria Copa del Mundo Sofia 2023". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "La gimnasia rítmica continúa la temporada internacional". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Cuatro finales y dos medallas para el equipo de gimnasia rítmica en la Copa del Mundo de Portimao". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "2023 European Championships Result Book" (PDF). https://backend.europeangymnastics.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "2023 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). https://static.usagym.org.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Federici, Giordano (2024-03-23). "Ritmica, World Cup: a Palaio Faliro la squadra Nazionale conquista il bronzo All Around. Nessuna medaglia per le individualiste, domani le finali". GINNASTICANDO.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Fantoni, Lucrezia (2024-03-24). "Ritmica, World Cup: a Palaio Faliro l'Italia vince un oro e tre argenti nelle finali di specialità". GINNASTICANDO.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ "El conjunto sénior, plata en la final de 5 aros en la Copa del Mundo de Sofia". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ "Oro y plata para el conjunto sénior en la Copa del Mundo de Baku". rfegimnasia.es. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Spanish rhythmic gymnasts
- Medalists at the Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- 21st-century Spanish women
- Gymnasts from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Sportspeople from Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Spain