Spain at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Spain at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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IOC codeESP
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
8

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
 Gold Jesús Carballo Puerto Rico 1996 San Juan Men's horizontal bar
 Silver Jesús Carballo Switzerland 1997 Lausanne Men's horizontal bar
 Silver Gervasio Deferr China 1999 Tianjin Men's floor exercise
 Gold Jesús Carballo Men's horizontal bar
 Gold Elena Gómez Hungary 2002 Debrecen Women's floor exercise
 Bronze Elena Gómez United States 2003 Anaheim Women's floor exercise
 Silver Gervasio Deferr Germany 2007 Stuttgart Men's floor exercise
 Bronze Rayderley Zapata United Kingdom 2015 Glasgow Men's floor exercise

References

  1. ^ "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 Spanish). May 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Veinte años del oro mundial de Elena Gómez" [Twenty years of Elena Gómez's world gold]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). November 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "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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