Patricia Pérez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Valencia, Spain | 8 August 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2021- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CEG Almussafes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Alejandra Quereda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Ana María Pelaz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Patricia Pérez (born 8 August 2004) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast. [1] She's the bronze All-Around and 5 hoops medalist at the 2022 World Championships.
She took up the sport at age five, her parents saw a poster advertising the sport in Sueca and asked her whether she would want to attend, she said yes. [2] In October 2020 she underwent surgery on the meniscus in her left knee, her recovery took about six weeks. [3] She trains twice a day at the High Performance Centre (CAR) in Madrid.
Pérez was part of the Spanish junior group that competed at both the 2019 European [4] and World Championships, [5] finishing 7th in Baku and 5th in Moscow. [6] [7] [8]
In 2021 Pérez participated in the World Championships along Inés Bergues, Ana Gayán, Valeria Márquez, Uma Mendez and Mireia Martínez, finishing 12th in the All-Around and 5th in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs' final. [9] [10] [11]
The group debuted in 2022 at the World Cup in Sofia, they were 5th in the All-Around and 5 hoops and 6th with 3 ribbons + 2 balls. [12] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore didn't qualify for event finals. [13] A month later in Pamplona they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops. [14] In Portimão they won 3 silver medals. [15] They won All-Around bronze and 5 hoops and silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls in Cluj-Napoca. [16] Patricia took part, with Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Valeria Márquez, Mireia Martínez and Salma Solaun in the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, winning silver in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, and the World Championships in Sofia where the Spanish group won three bronze medals: All-Around (earning them a spot for the 2024 Olympics), 5 hoops, and team. [17]