Elena López

Elena Lopez
Lopez in 2014
Personal information
Full nameElena López Benaches
Born (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994
Valencia, Spain
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Spain
(2011-)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Group All-around
World Championships
2014 Izmir 10 Clubs
2013 Kiev 10 Clubs
2013 Kiev 3 Balls/2 Ribbons
2015 Stuttgart Group All-around
European Championships
2016 Holon 6 Clubs/2 Hoops
2014 Baku 10 clubs
2016 Holon 5 Ribbons

Elena López Benaches[a] (born 4 October 1994 in Valencia) is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast.

Career

López represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics and ended on 4th place in Group All-Around.[1] She has also competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she won the bronze medal in the all-around event.[2]

López competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she was a member of the Spanish group (together with Sandra Aguilar, Artemi Gavezou, Lourdes Mohedano, Alejandra Quereda) that won silver medal in group-all around.[3]

Detailed Olympic results

Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying
2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro All-around 2nd 35.766 1st 35.749
Vida Carnaval, Bahiana/Batucada, Sambuka by Carlinhos Brown, Inner Sense & Richard Sliwa, Artem Uzunov 5 Ribbons 1st 17.800 1st 17.783
Cementerio Judío, Soleá, La Aurora de Nueva York by Compañía Rafael Amargo, Montse Cortés 6 Clubs / 2 Hoops 5th 17.966 2nd 17.966
Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying
2012 Olympics London All-around 4th 54.950 5th 54.550
Red Violin Remix (Aranjuez) by Ikuko Kawai 5 Balls 5th 27.400 5th 27.150
Malagueña by Stanley Black And His Orchestra, Placido Domingo 3 Ribbons / 2 Hoops 3rd 27.550 3rd 27.400

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Benaches.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena López". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Elena Lopez" (PDF). Longines Official Results Provider. 6 September 2015. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ Sarkar, Pritha (21 August 2016). "Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia wins fifth successive team gold". Reuters. Retrieved 21 August 2016.


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