In it International Women’s Day We could not miss recognition of some of the figures who have stood out in Spanish sport in recent years and who have taken their respective disciplines to another level.
Spain has had the privilege of having some of the most recognized athletes on the international scene in recent years. Stories of improvement, motivation and equality that have elevated different athletes to the altars before the eyes of the whole world.
This is the case, for example, of Carolina Marín, breaking any known limits in a sport dominated by Asians such as badminton. EITHER Aitana Bonmatí, that since she was proclaimed world champion with Spain He has won all the possible individual recognitions.
[Aitana Bonmatí, del fútbol de calle al Balón de Oro: la estrella que no quiso dejar Sant Pere de Ribes]
From active athletes with serious medal options in the next Paris 2024 Olympic Games such as Ana Peleteiroeven great stars already retired like Ona Carbonell All of them contributed with their great grain of sand to the fact that Spanish women’s sport has been and continues to be a major protagonist in recent years.
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Ana Peleteiro (Athletics)
The Galician athlete is, without a doubt, one of the most illustrious Spanish athletes in recent years. Born in Galicia in December 1995, this triple jump specialist has just won the bronze medal at the last Indoor World Championships in Glasgow, her first great result after giving birth to her daughter.
In a sport as in need of joy for Spain as athletics, Ana Peleteiro has earned her place hard. In 2018 she won bronze in the World Indoor Championships and also in the European Championships. In 2019 she became European Indoor Champion, won bronze at the Tokyo Olympic Games and won silver at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. .
The jumper got her ticket to be in the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024, making her one of the great assets of the Spanish expedition to get a medal.
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Aitana Bonmatí (soccer)
She is the best soccer player of the moment. She seems to have brought the entire football scene into agreement and this is reflected in her awards this season, because she has won the Ballon d’Or and FIFA The Best, the two great individual awards.
Aitana Bonmatí was a fundamental part of the success of the Spanish National Team in the last World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. In fact, she was named the best soccer player of the tournament.
Nations League champion also with Spain and MVP of the final, with Barça she has won 5 Queen’s Cups, 4 Leagues, 3 Spanish Super Cups and 2 Champions Leagues.
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Carolina Marín (badminton)
In 1993 Huelva saw the birth of the best player in the history of Spanish badminton. Never before has a sport so dominated by Asian athletes had such an important national representative, but Carolina Marín continues to break down all limits.
In 2014 he won his first gold in a World Cup, and since then everything has been success. She confirmed her status as the best player in the world in 2015 and 2018, while last 2023 she won silver.
Six-time European champion between 2014 and 2022, Carolina Marín touched the sky with gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016. The only blot on one of the best Spanish athletes in history has been injuries.
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Mireia Belmonte (swimming)
Her relationship with the pool began by medical prescription at a very young age and ended up becoming the most successful career of a Spanish swimmer in all of history. Mireia Belmonte is a legend in the water.
At 33 years old, the medals he has at home speak for themselves. Her versatility, capable of competing in different modalities such as the 200 meter butterfly, 400 medley or 1,500 freestyle, has led her to dominate different disciplines in an outstanding way.
Six medals in the World Championships, 10 in the short course, 12 in the Europeans and another 11 in the short course form a dream track record. But not only that, because in London 2012 she took two silvers and in Rio 2016 she was Olympic champion, in addition to taking a bronze. She was also the flag bearer for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Alexia Putellas (soccer)
Surely the main icon of women’s football in recent years. Alexia Putellas is present-day football history and she continues to dazzle as one of the best players in the world with both FC Barcelona and the National Team.
In 2021 she made history by becoming the first Spanish footballer to win the Ballon d’Or. But she did not stop there because the following year, in 2022, she repeated this individual award. She also has two FIFA The Best awards to her credit.
Champion of everything with Barça, she only had to be world champion and she achieved it this past summer with Spain despite it not being her best World Cup individually.
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Paula Badosa (tennis)
She may not have the most brilliant career in terms of titles, but what Paula Badosa awakens goes beyond what she does on the court.
Roland Garros champion in the junior category, she debuted as a professional in 2015 as a teenager. She has three titles under her belt, none of them a Grand Slam, and there are no more because injuries have marked her career.
Involved and aware of mental health care, her insistence on returning again and again and not giving up makes this tennis player an example of perseverance.
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Cristina Gutiérrez (engine)
This 32-year-old from Burgos has broken down all barriers in a test as tough and prestigious as the Dakar Rally. In this 2024 edition she became the second woman in history to win the competition, of course the first Spanish to do so.
He won in the Challenger category, but in previous editions he had already touched glory. In 2022 she was the first Spaniard to get on the podium and in 2021 she was the pioneer to achieve a stage victory.
With a brilliant track record behind her, her challenges are far from over here and next year she will become the second woman to compete with an official team.
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Ona Carbonell (synchronized swimming)
She announced her retirement in May 2023 after becoming a mother for the second time and after countless medals in synchronized swimming. Ona was a legend who triumphed in every pool in the world where she jumped into the water to dance.
He participated in three Olympic Games and as a result can boast of having a silver and a bronze in London 2012.
If we talk about World Cups and Europeans, the medals multiply from the first in 2007 to the last in 2021. One of the most recognized figures of all time in this discipline.
2024-03-08 03:12:33
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