Eight Spanish athletes leading the way in sports: Celebrating International Women’s Day with their achievements (Infobae Spain)

Eight Spanish athletes who dominate the current scene (Infobae Spain)

March 8, known as International Women’s Day, is a date that is commemorated worldwide to recognize the struggle of women in their full development as a person. This day also finds a significant echo in Spanish women’s sport, celebrating the contribution of women to sport.

In Spain, women’s sports have achieved great milestones at a national and international level. This is the case of the Spanish soccer team, which won the first World Cup for the country, as well as the ticket, for the first time in history, for the Paris Olympic Games. Carolina Marín in badminton or Ana Peleteiro in triple jump are other examples of female figures who are leaving their mark in sport.

On this date, federations, clubs, institutions and fans come together to celebrate the successes of women’s sport, while committing to work to break down existing barriers, a commitment from all parties to aim to make sport an inclusive and equitable space. .

Ana Peleteiro celebrates her World Cup bronze in triple jump, in Glasgow (REUTERS/Hannah Mckay)

The Galician athlete is one of the most illustrious Spanish athletes in recent years. She was born in Galicia in 1995, and is a triple jump specialist. It was a little over a year ago when she was absent from the slopes for 15 months due to her pregnancy, although she was clear that she wanted to return to competition.

In June he was in Castellón, achieving a best jump of 14.13 meters. Later, he was in Ourense at the Spanish Championships, reaching 14.32 meters and showing his improvement. Less than a week ago, in her first international competition after motherhood, she took bronze. A record of 14.75 meters, the second best of his career, which allowed him to climb to the third place on the podium, in addition to achieving the minimum for the Paris Olympic Games, where he will defend the colors of the Spanish flag.

The athlete’s career leaves no one indifferent. She was bronze at the World Indoor Championships and at the Europeans in 2018. She was bronze at the Tokyo Olympics and silver at the 2021 European Indoor Championships.

Aitana Bonmatí with her first Ballon d’Or (EFE/Alejandro García)

She has been, for several years, one of the best soccer players of the moment, if not the best. This is reflected in her awards during the last year. At the group level, she participated in the first women’s World Cup in the history of Spanish football, when they managed to beat England. Last month, they managed to become champions of the Nations League, another title that also came with a prize, as she gave them a ticket to compete in the Paris Olympic Games this summer, a milestone never achieved before.

The truth is that on an individual level he also achieved great success. She was named best player of the World Cup tournament and was awarded the Ballon d’Or and FIFA The Best.

Regarding her team, the Barça player has been the protagonist of her team’s treble, League, Champions and Super Cup, with MVP included in the last two competitions. She played 45 games in which she scored 21 goals and distributed 23 assists.

Cristina Gutiérrez celebrates her first Dakar (FLAVIEN DUHAMEL)

Cristina Gutiérrez, 32 years old, wrote history in Spanish sports last January: she was the first Spanish woman to conquer the Dakar. As far as the world scene is concerned, she is running as the second woman to get a Tuareg. In 2022 she was the first Spaniard to get on the podium and in 2021, she was the pioneer in achieving a stage victory. The Challenger category was what allowed him to bring the award to her showcase.

Although the year, even without the Dakar Rally title, was already starting on the right foot for the Spanish. In December, seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton signed her for his project in the Extreme-E sustainable off-road championship.

With the 2024 Dakar in her pocket, next year she will make the final jump in category towards Ultimate, as a DACIA driver in the premier car class, being the second woman in history to become an official factory driver.

Carolina Marín (EFE/EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON)

The Huelva native is one of the most successful athletes in Spanish sport, and if possible, at an international level. Since she was young, she has achieved important titles, such as the World Cup gold in 2014, revalidated in 2015 and 2018. The same gold medal that she achieved at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

In Europe, she has been champion six times between 2014 and 2022. The only ceiling that the athlete has been able to have has been injuries. However, despite these challenges, Marín has always found the ability to overcome, working hard to return to competition in top form.

After silver at the 2023 World Cup, the badminton player will try to find an Olympic place in Paris and seek to revalidate the gold she achieved eight years ago.

Queralt Castellet after winning the silver medal in the halfpipe category (REUTERS/Lisi Niesner)

Castellet is 34 years old and debuted in 2005 on the snow slopes at the FIS World Championship in Chile. He only needed one year to compete in the Italian Winter Olympics. Since that moment, his achievements have been falling under his own weight, because since he delved into snowboarding at an early age, Castellet has demonstrated exceptional talent and deep dedication.

Since Turin in 2006, Queralt has participated in several editions of the Winter Olympic Games. He has stood on the FIS World Cup podium on many occasions. She won the women’s halfpipe event at the Winter Dew Tour two years in a row (2010 and 2011), in addition to placing 3rd in the same event at the 2011 European Winter X Games. In early 2012 she placed first at the Burton Open in Canada and third in the Women’s Halfpipe World Cup in 2013. In 2014 she finished fifth at the X Games in Aspen and took the silver medal at the Burton US Open in Aspen (Colorado).

He made history in Kreischberg in 2015, when he achieved the first runner-up finish in history for Spanish snowboarding. The 19/20 season was the one in which the Spaniard experienced her exponential growth, achieving two World Cup victories in Copper Mountain and in the Laax Open and a historic gold medal at the X Games in Aspen 2020. And she continued at the top during the winter 2020/2021, achieving another medal, in this case bronze at the World Championships and silver at the Aspen Grand Prix. In 2021/2022, Olympic silver took him to the top.

Marta García, the Valencian driver who has been F1 Academy champion

He was born in Denia (Alicante) 23 years ago. Marta García began her career in the karting categories, later moving to Formula 4 in 2016. She went through several disciplines such as MP Motorsport until she definitively joined the women’s circuit of Formula 1, W Series. She ran the three editions that were held since 2019.

Last October, seven years after she started in the sport, she became champion of the F1 Academy (an F4 single-seater category, to the detriment of the cancellation of the W Series). The 2023 edition was the first edition to be held, and the young woman could not have debuted in a better way with the title.

The Spanish swimmer Mireia Belmonte (REUTERS/Antonio Bronic)

Mireia Belmonte, a prominent Spanish swimmer, has achieved important feats throughout her career, which have led her to be one of the most prominent figures in this sport at an international level. At just 12 years old, she won six gold medals in the Spanish championship. At the 2012 London Olympic Games she won silver in the 200 meter butterfly, the same category that gave her Olympic gold in Rio 2016. In Tokyo she touched bronze in the 400 medley, taking the Olympic diploma with fourth place.

Belmonte has won numerous medals in world swimming championships, both in long course and short course. She has been awarded several awards and recognitions in Spain, including the National Sports Award and the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit.

Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa (REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari)

Paula Badosa, despite the difficulties due to injuries, especially in this last year in which she has not managed to get her head back, has established herself as one of the most relevant figures of Spanish tennis on the women’s circuit of the Women’s Tennis Association ( WTA).

He began to stand out on the international scene after winning the junior Roland Garros Tournament in 2015, which marked the beginning of his rise in professional tennis. Her first title came in 2021, when she became champion of the Serbian Open in 2021, the same year in which she reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. She won Indian Wells three editions ago, the same tournament that she hoped to be able to compete in 2024, but her injuries have not allowed it. Despite all these setbacks, Badosa remains focused on returning to tennis in the best version of herself.

2024-03-08 14:19:43
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