Carolina Marín is without a doubt one of the great prides of Spanish sport. Considered one of the best badminton players in history, she has a truly impressive record and in May 2024 she was awarded the Princess of Asturias Sports Award for being, in the words of the jury, “an example of improvement, source of inspiration and transmitter of values, on and off the track”. At the age of 21, she had already won the Reina Sofía National Sports Award for the best Spanish athlete of the year.
Born in Huelva on June 15, 1993, she made the decision to go to Madrid to stay at the CAR (High Performance Center) in the capital of Spain after falling in love with badminton when she accompanied a friend to a class in this sport. that until his stellar appearance it did not have a serious tradition in the country.
Marín has been Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro 2016, three-time world champion (2014, 2015 y 2018), champion at the European Games in Krakow (2023) y seven-time European champion (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2024). A wonderful record that he started when he was 21 years old and won his first world championship in Denmark.
In addition to accumulating medals and trophies in your particular display case, it is also an example of resilience. In 2019 she suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligament in her right knee in Indonesia, she underwent surgery and began training without being even close to one hundred percent of the ideal physical condition to recover, climb positions in the ranking and try to qualify for the Tokyo Games. .
While she was preparing, the unexpected death of her father in a work accident hit her emotionally. And she could not be in Japan despite the enormous effort she made because in May 2021, two months before the start of the Olympic competition, she tore the cruciate ligament in her left knee, the internal and external meniscus.
It seemed that the end of her career could be near, but at 31 years old Carolina Marín is qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and in the world of badminton there are many who are betting on her second Olympic medal.
The complete record of Carolina Marín
These are all the individual titles that Carolina Marín has won in her successful career. Leading the Spanish badminton teams at the 2016 and 2018 European Championships in Kazan (Russia) and 2024 in Lodz (Poland) won two bronze medals (both in Russia) and one silver (in Poland).
Olympic Games
2016: Gold medal in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
world Championship
2014: Champion in Copenhagen (final with Li Xuerui: 17–21, 21–17, 21–18)
2015: Champion in Jakarta, Indonesia (final with Saina Nehwal: 21–16, 21–19)
2018: Champion in Nanking, China (final with Pusarla Sindhu: 21–19, 21–10)
European Championship
2014: Champion in Kazan, Russia (final with Anna Thea Madsen: 21–9, 14–21, 21–8)
2016: Champion in La Roche-sur-Yon, France (final with Kirsty Gilmour: 21–12, 21–18)
2017: Champion in Kolding, Denmark (final with Kirsty Gilmour: 21–14, 21–12)
2018: Champion in Huelva, Spain (final with Yevgéniya Kostetskaya: 21–17, 21–7)
2021: Champion in kyiv, Ukraine (final with Line Christophersen: 21-13, 21-18)
2022: Champion in Madrid, Spain (final with Kirsty Gilmour: 21-10, 21-12)
2024: Champion in Saarbrücken, Germany (final with Kirsty Gilmour: 21-11, 21-18)
European Games
2023: Champion (final with Mia Blichfeldt: 21-15, 21-14)
Super Series Finals and Super Series Premier Tournaments
2015: All England Champion (final with Saina Nehwal: 16–21, 21–14, 21–7)
2015: Malaysian Open Champion (final with Li Xuerui: 19–21, 21–19, 21–17)
2018: China Open champion (final with Chen Yufei: 21–18, 21–13)
2019: China Open Champion (final with Tai Tzu-ying: 14–21, 21–17, 21–18)
2020: Thailand Open champion (final with Tai Tzu-ying: 21–9, 21–16)
2020: Thailand Open champion (final with Tai Tzu-ying: 21–19, 21–17)
2024: All England Champion (final with Akane Yamaguchi: 26–24, 11–1, retirement due to injury)
2024-06-19 15:54:08
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