Marina Malpica
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Full name | Marina Malpica Ramirez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Quintana Roo, Mexico | 4 January 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2017- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Eliza Meza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marina Malpica (born 4 January 2000) is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's the first gymnast from Mexico to qualify for a final at the World Championships.
Personal life[edit]
She is studying at National University of Costa Rica in Heredia, Costa Rica.
Career[edit]
2017[edit]
She took up the sport at age five in Veracruz.[2] She debuted in major competitions at the 2017 Pan American Championships, where she won silver in teams and bronze in the All-Around and was 4th with hoop, 4th with ball, 7th with clubs and 7th with ribbon.[3][4] In August she performed at the World Championships in Pesaro finishing 49th in the All-Around, 38th with hoop, 48th with ball, 68th with clubs and 39th with ribbon.[5]
2018[edit]
In 2018 Malpica participated in the World Cup stages in Guadalajara, taking All-Around's 28th place and 25th with hoop, 35th with ball, 35th with clubs, 29th with ribbon, and Kazan ending 22nd in the All-Around.[6][7] She was then selected for the Central American and Caribbean Games, she won gold with hoop and ball and silver in the All-Around and with clubs.[8][9][10][11] In September she was at the World Championships in Sofia where she was 18th in teams with Karla Diaz and Rut Castillo, 68th in the All-Around, 56th with hoop, 105th with ball and 50th with clubs.[12][13] And then to the Pan American Championships in Lima, she won silver in the All-Around behind Laura Zeng and bronze with hoop behind Zeng and Lili Mizuno.[14][15]
2019[edit]
The next year she competed in the World Cups in Guadalajara ( 29th in the All-Around, 28th with hoop, 26th with ball, 31st with clubs and 29th with ribbon) and Tashkent (26th in the All-Around, 27th with hoop, 24th with ball, 32nd with clubs and 25th with ribbon)[16][17][18][19] and the World Championships in Baku, performing only with ribbon taking the 58th place with the apparatus and the 25th in the team competition.[20][21]
2021[edit]
In 2021 she was a member of the Mexican team that took part at the World Championships in Kitakyushu, contributing with her ball and clubs' routines that ranked 30th and 40th respectively.[22]
2022[edit]
Marina debuted in 2022 at the World Cup in Portimão where she finished 26th in the All-Around, 31st with hoop, 36th with ball, 17th with clubs, 19th with ribbon.[23] A few days later she was in Pesaro for another World Cup where she ranked 26th in the All-Around, 27th with hoop, 29th with ball, 20th with clubs, 32nd with ribbon.[24] In August she competed at the last World Cup of the season in Cluj-Napoca, ending 26th in the All-Around, 17th with hoop, 22nd with ball, 36th with clubs, 15th with ribbon.[25] She made history at the World Championships in Sofia by qualifying for the All-Around final, becoming the first individual from Mexico qualify for a final at the tournament, and ending 14th. [26][27]
2023[edit]
She qualified to Ribbon final at Baku World Cup and finished on 8th place. She represented Mexico at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain and finished on 29th place in All-around Qualifications. Her best result was with Ribbon - 13th place in Qualifications.
Achievements[edit]
- First Mexican rhythmic gymnast to qualify for a World Championships final when she participated in the 2022 edition of the tournament in Sofia.
Routine music information[edit]
Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
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2024 | Hoop | The Trail / Into the Light by Marcin Przybylowicz and District 78 |
Ball | Gladiator Medley (Live) by Hans Zimmer | |
Clubs | Conga (Psyk Remix) by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | |
Ribbon | Hypnotic by Havasi | |
2023 | Hoop | The Trail / Into the Light by Marcin Przybylowicz and District 78 |
Ball | Endangered Species by Dianne Reeves | |
Clubs | Hip Hip Chin Chin by Club Des Belugas | |
Ribbon | Hypnotic by Havasi | |
2022 | Hoop | Qué Nivel De Mujer by Luis Miguel |
Ball | Endangered Species by Dianne Reeves | |
Clubs | Hip Hip Chin Chin by Club Des Belugas | |
Ribbon | Boom Boom by 2WEI | |
2021 | Hoop | |
Ball | Crowds by Armand Amar & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Clubs | Shame On Me by Avicii | |
Ribbon | ||
2019 | Hoop | Akkadian Empire (Paul Dinletir Remix) |
Ball | Crowds by Armand Amar & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Clubs | Shame On Me by Avicii | |
Ribbon | Total Eclipse of the Heart by Westlife | |
2018 | Hoop | Prophecy by Full Tilt |
Ball | Soldier of Love by Sade | |
Clubs | Echa Pa' Delante by Thalía | |
Ribbon | ||
2017 | Hoop | Prophecy by Full Tilt |
Ball | Io Ti Penso Amore by David Garrett feat Nicole Scherzinger | |
Clubs | Echa Pa' Delante by Thalía | |
Ribbon | Carmen Fantasy Violin | |
2016 | Hoop | Prophecy by Full Tilt |
Ball | Merry-Go-Round (from "Howl's Moving Castle") by Joe Hisaishi | |
Clubs | ||
Ribbon | Buleria by David Bisbal |
References[edit]
- ^ "MALPICA Marina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "Club de Oro en espera del debut de Marina Malpica en los JCC 2018 – Al Calor Deportivo" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "2017 Pan Americans All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2017 Pan Americans event finals" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2017 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Guadalajara 2018 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "2018 World Cup Kazan" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2018 Central American Games All-Around" (PDF).
- ^ "2018 Central American Games Hoop Final" (PDF).
- ^ "2018 Central American Games Ball Final" (PDF).
- ^ "2018 Central American Games Clubs Final" (PDF).
- ^ "2018 World Championships Teams" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2018 Worlds All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2018 Pan Americans All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2018 Pan Americans Event Finals" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Guadalajara 2019 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Tashkent 2019 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "2019 Guadalajara World Cup event qualifier" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2019 Tashkent World Cup Event Qualifiers" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2019 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ "2019 Worlds team final" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2021 Worlds All-Around Qualification" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Portimao World Cup" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Pesaro World Cup All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Cluj-Napoca World Cup All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Worlds Result Book" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "Gymnastics history makers the toast of Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Mexican rhythmic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Quintana Roo
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in gymnastics
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Pan American Championships