Tania Lamarca

1980 -

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Tania Lamarca Celada (born 30 April 1980 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) is a former Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic medallist. She won a gold medal with the Spanish group at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The team was formed by Tania, Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez and Estíbaliz Martínez. Also she was two times world champion in 3 balls/2 ribbons. In 1994, she was the Spanish individual junior champion with Club Aurrera. In 1995, she became part of the Spain national gymnastics team in the team competitions. Since then, all the medals she obtained in official competitions were obtained as a member of the Spain's team. Her first important competition was the European Championship in Prague, in which she was proclaimed sub-champion of Europe in 3 balls and 2 ribbons, besides taking another two bronze medals in the general competition and in the final of 5 rings. That same year she was proclaimed world champion in the modality of 3 balls and 2 ribbons in the World Championship in Vienna. In addition to this gold medal, she won two silver medals in the general competition and in the final of 5 hoops.In 1996, she won his second world title in the final of 3 balls and 2 ribbons at the World Championship in Budapest, where he also won the silver medal in the general competition. That year she achieved the greatest success of her sports career by becoming Olympic champion in the rhythmic gymnastics team modality in the Atlanta Olympic Games, together with her teammates Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Estela Giménez, Lorena Guréndez and Estíbaliz Martínez. After this achievement, the group was baptized by the media as the Golden Girls. In 1997, she was runner-up in Europe in 5 balls and bronze in 3 balls and 2 ribbons in the European Championship in Patras.After her retirement, she obtained the title of National Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach, being a coach at school level in Vitoria, Zaragoza and Escarrilla, as well as teaching sports such as snowboarding for 5 years at the Aramón Formigal station, where she also worked as an administrator. In 2008, she published his autobiography, Tears for a Medal, written with the journalist Cristina Gallo. In 2013, the documentary Las Niñas de Oro (The Golden Girls), directed by Carlos Beltrán, was released on YouTube. It tells the story of the Olympic champion team in Atlanta through interviews with the gymnasts themselves, and in 2016 she attended the 20th Anniversary Gala of the gold medal in Atlanta '96 in Badajoz with the rest of the team. She has received several awards, including the Olympic Order from the Spanish Olympic Committee (1996), the Gold Plaque of the Royal Order of Sports Merit (1996), the Baron de Güell Cup at the National Sports Awards (1997), and the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit (2015).In 2020, she lives in Escarrilla, teaches annually at the Tania Lamarca Rhythmic Gymnastics Campus, gives numerous lectures on the knowledge and values that her sports experience has brought her, and is a member of the Sport & Play sports coaching team. In 2016, she was a candidate for the presidency of the Alava Gymnastics Federation, and for 2017 she presented her sportswear line. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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