Marina González

Marina González
Marina González
Full name	Marina González Lara
Country represented	Spain
Born	15 December 2002 (age 21); Malgrat de Mar, Catalonia, Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team	2015–present (ESP)
Club	Salt Gimnastic Club
College team	Iowa State Cyclones
Head coach(es)	Lucia Guisado
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Spain
FIG World Cup

Marina González Lara (born 15 December 2002)^[1] is a Spanish artistic gymnast and social media personality. She represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2019 Szombathely World Challenge Cup. She competed at the 2019 World Championships and helped Spain qualify as a full team for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Personal life

Marina González was born on 15 December 2002, in Malgrat de Mar, Catalonia, Spain. She speaks both Catalan and Spanish.^[2] She trained in athletics and taekwondo before gymnastics, and competed at the Catalan regional taekwondo championships, but she switched to gymnastics when she was eight.^[2]^[1]

Career

Junior

González made her international debut at the 2015 Elite Gym Massilia, and she finished forty-sixth in the all-around.^[3] She then finished nineteenth in the all-around at the 2016 Spanish Cup and twelfth at the Spanish Championships.^[4]^[5] She then finished twentieth in the all-around at the 2017 Spanish Cup.^[6]

Senior

González became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2018. won a silver medal with her club at both the 2018 1st and 2nd Spanish League.^[7]^[8] She was supposed to compete at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, but she injured her elbow and was out of competition for the rest of the year.^[2]

González finished fifth with her club at the 2019 1st Spanish League and fourth at the 2nd Spanish League.^[9]^[10] She then won the silver medal in the all-around behind Laura Bechdejú at the Spanish League Finals.^[11] She won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2019 Spanish National Championships behind Ana Pérez.^[12] She won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup with a score of 12.866.^[13] At the 2019 World Championships, González competed with teammates Cintia Rodríguez, Roxana Popa, Ana Pérez, and Alba Petisco. They finished twelfth as a team during qualifications, and although they did not qualify for the team final, they qualified a team to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, giving Spain its first team berth at the Olympic Games since 2004.^[14]^[15]

González won the bronze medal in the all-around and finished fourth with her club at the 2020 1st Spanish League.^[16] Then at the 2020 Spanish National Championships, she won the all-around bronze medal behind Alba Petisco and Ana Pérez.^[17]

González competed at the 2021 FIT Challenge and helped the Spanish team finish fifth. Individually, she finished fifteenth in the all-around and sixth in the balance beam final.^[18] She was selected to the Spanish women's artistic gymnastics team for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Laura Bechdejú, Alba Petisco and Roxana Popa.^[19] The team finished twelfth in qualifications and did not reach the final.^[20]

In August 2021, González signed with Iowa State University, joining their gymnastics team for the 2021–2022 season.^[21] She missed her entire freshman season due to a foot injury.^[2] She returned to competition at the 2022 Spanish Championships, only competing on the balance beam.^[22] While training for the 2022 World Championships, she tore her ACL and missed the entire 2023 NCAA season.^[23]

Social media

González created an account on TikTok in 2018. As of January 2023, she has over 1.4 million TikTok followers, and she is the most followed Spanish athlete on the platform.^[23]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	BB
Junior
2015	Elite Gym Massilia		46
2016	Spanish Cup		19
2016	Spanish Championships		12
2017	Spanish Cup		20
Senior
2018	1st Spanish League
2018	2nd Spanish League
2019	1st Spanish League	5
	2nd Spanish League	4	13
	Spanish League Finals
	Spanish Championships
	Szombathely World Challenge Cup
	2nd Heerenveen Friendly		16
	World Championships	12
2020	1st Spanish League	4
2020	Spanish Championships
2021	FIT Challenge	5	15	6
2021	Olympic Games	12	63

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Marina Gonzalez Tokyo 2020 Athlete Profile". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gonzalez Marina". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 November 2015). "2015 Elite Gym Massilia Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (14 May 2016). "2016 Spanish Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (13 July 2016). "2016 Spanish Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (3 April 2017). "2017 Spanish Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (12 February 2018). "2018 1st Spanish League Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (23 April 2018). "2018 2nd Spanish League Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (11 February 2019). "2019 1st Spanish League Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (26 March 2019). "2019 2nd Spanish League Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (18 June 2019). "2019 Spanish League Finals Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ "2019 Spanish Championships Results". The Gymternet. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ "Vecsernyes and Makra deliver gold medal performances for host nation at Szombathely World Cup". European Gymnastics. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (26 October 2019). "Spain Stuns with Olympics-Worthy Performance, While Italy Snags Bronze". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ "El equipo español femenino de gimnasia artística se clasifica para Tokio 2020" [The Spanish women's artistic gymnastics team qualifies for Tokyo 2020]. RTVE (in Spanish). 5 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (10 December 2019). "2020 1st Spanish League Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (8 December 2020). "2020 Spanish Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 July 2021). "2021 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ "Complete list of 2020 Olympic Athletes representing Spain". Spanish Olympic Committee (in Spanish). 30 June 2021.
^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team Qualification Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ "Cyclones Sign Olympian Marina González". Iowa State Cyclones. 11 August 2021.
^ Hopkins, Lauren (24 July 2022). "2022 Spanish Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sanchez, Javier (11 January 2023). "Marina González, la gimnasta que arrasa en TikTok: "No hay que hacer caso a ciertos comentarios"" [Marina González, the gymnast who sweeps TikTok: "You must not pay attention to certain comments"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^ "Marina Gonzalez". The Gymternet. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2022.