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Inés Bergua

Inés Bergua

Spanish rhythmic gymnast


Inés Bergua (born 29 May 2004) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's the bronze All-Around and 5 hoops medalist at the 2022 World Championships.

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Personal life

Inés took up the sport at age three influenced by her aunt.[2] She was named the 2015 Most Promising Female Athlete of the Year at the Aragon Provincial Sports Gala,[2] 2019 Female Athlete of the Year in Aragon, this award was presented in 2021,[3] and Best Individual Athlete of the Women and Sports Awards 2022.[4] Her biggest dream is to win a medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.[5]

Career

Junior

Bergua was part of the Spanish junior group[6] that competed at both the 2019 European[7] and World Championships,[8] finishing 7th in Baku and 5th in Moscow.[9][10][11]

Senior

In 2021 Inés participated in the World Championships along Valeria Márquez, Ana Gayan, Patricia Pérez, Uma Mendez Gonzalez and Mireia Martínez, finishing 12th in the All-Around and 5th in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs' final.[12][13][14]

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.[15] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore didn't qualify for event finals.[16] A month later in Pamplona they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[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] Inés took part, with Ana Arnau, Valeria Márquez, Patricia Pérez, 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.[20]


References

  1. "BERGUA NAVALES Ines - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  2. Digital, Sobrarbe (2016-04-03). "Inés Bergua, premio a la Mejor Promesa Femenina". Sobrarbe Digital (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  3. ArainfoNoticias (2021-12-18). "Inés Bergua, Gabriel Torralba, María Laborda y Daniel Osanz, mejores deportistas aragoneses de los años 2019 y 2020". AraInfo · Diario Libre d'Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  4. Periódico, El (2022-06-20). "Inés Bergua, mejor deportista individual de los Premios Mujer y Deporte 2022". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. Vicente, Diego (2022-06-26). "Inés Bergua, gimnasta: "Me gustaría lograr una medalla en París 2024"". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  6. EFE (2019-05-11). "Inés Bergua estará con la selección en el Campeonato de Europa en Bakú". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-28.

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