Marina_Malpica

Marina Malpica

Marina Malpica

Mexican rhythmic gymnast

Marina Malpica (born 4 January 2000) is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's the first gymnast from Mexico to qualify for a final at the World Championships.

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Career

She took up the sport at age five in Veracruz.[2] She debuted in major competitions at the 2017 Pan American Championships, where she won silver in teams and bronze in the All-Around and was 4th with hoop, 4th with ball, 7th with clubs and 7th with ribbon.[3][4] In August she performed at the World Championships in Pesaro finishing 49th in the All-Around, 38th with hoop, 48th with ball, 68th with clubs and 39th with ribbon.[5]

In 2018 Malpica participated in the World Cup stages in Guadalajara, taking All-Around's 28th place and 25th with hoop, 35th with ball, 35th with clubs, 29th with ribbon, and Kazan ending 22nd in the All-Around.[6][7] She was then selected for the Central American and Caribbean Games, she won gold with hoop and ball and silver in the All-Around and with clubs.[8][9][10][11] In September she was at the World Championships in Sofia where she was 18th in teams with Karla Diaz and Rut Castillo, 68th in the All-Around, 56th with hoop, 105th with ball and 50th with clubs.[12][13] And then to the Pan American Championships in Lima, she won silver in the All-Around behind Laura Zeng and bronze with hoop behind Zeng and Lili Mizuno.[14][15]

The next year she competed in the World Cups in Guadalajara ( 29th in the All-Around, 28th with hoop, 26th with ball, 31st with clubs and 29th with ribbon) and Tashkent (26th in the All-Around, 27th with hoop, 24th with ball, 32nd with clubs and 25th with ribbon)[16][17][18][19] and the World Championships in Baku, performing only with ribbon taking the 58th place with the apparatus and the 25th in the team competition.[20][21]

In 2021 she was a member of the Mexican team that took part at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, contributing with her ball and clubs' routines that ranked 30th and 40th respectively.[22]

Marina debuted in 2022 at the World Cup in Portimão where she finished 26th in the All-Around, 31st with hoop, 36th with ball, 17th with clubs, 19th with ribbon.[23] A few days later she was in Pesaro for another World Cup where she ranked 26th in the All-Around, 27th with hoop, 29th with ball, 20th with clubs, 32nd with ribbon.[24] In August she competed at the last World Cup of the season in Cluj-Napoca, ending 26th in the All-Around, 17th with hoop, 22nd with ball, 36th with clubs, 15th with ribbon.[25] She made history at the World Championships in Sofia by qualifying for the All-Around final, becoming the first individual from Mexico qualify for a final at the tournament, and ending 14th. [26][27]

Achievements

  • First Mexican rhythmic gymnast to qualify for a World Championships final when she participated in the 2022 edition of the tournament in Sofia.

Routine music information

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References

  1. [1]
    "MALPICA Marina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  2. [2]
    "Club de Oro en espera del debut de Marina Malpica en los JCC 2018 – Al Calor Deportivo" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  3. [3]
    "2017 Pan Americans All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
  4. [4]
    "2017 Pan Americans event finals" (PDF). usagym.
  5. [5]
    "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2017 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  6. [6]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Guadalajara 2018 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  7. [7]
    "2018 World Cup Kazan" (PDF). usagym.
  8. [8]
    "2018 Central American Games All-Around" (PDF).
  9. [9]
    "2018 Central American Games Hoop Final" (PDF).
  10. [10]
    "2018 Central American Games Ball Final" (PDF).
  11. [11]
    "2018 Central American Games Clubs Final" (PDF).
  12. [12]
    "2018 World Championships Teams" (PDF). usagym.
  13. [13]
    "2018 Worlds All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
  14. [14]
    "2018 Pan Americans All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
  15. [15]
    "2018 Pan Americans Event Finals" (PDF). usagym.
  16. [16]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Guadalajara 2019 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  17. [17]
    "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Tashkent 2019 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  18. [18]
    "2019 Guadalajara World Cup event qualifier" (PDF). usagym.
  19. [19]
    "2019 Tashkent World Cup Event Qualifiers" (PDF). usagym.
  20. [20]
    "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2019 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  21. [21]
    "2019 Worlds team final" (PDF). usagym.
  22. [22]
    "2021 Worlds All-Around Qualification" (PDF). usagym.
  23. [23]
    "2022 Portimao World Cup" (PDF). usagym.
  24. [24]
    "2022 Pesaro World Cup All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
  25. [25]
    "2022 Cluj-Napoca World Cup All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
  26. [26]
    "2022 Worlds Result Book" (PDF). usagym.
  27. [27]
    "Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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