Alba Bautista

Alba Bautista (born 13 July 2002) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast.[1] She won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in the team category.[2]

Alba Bautista
Full nameAlba Bautista Cañas
Country represented Spain
Born (2002-07-13) July 13, 2002
Utrillas, Spain
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2018-
ClubClub Mabel Benicarlo
Head coach(es)Marta Linares
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Sofia Team

Personal life

Bautista took up the sport at age six in Teruel.[3] She was named the 2019 Female Athlete of the Year in Teruel, Spain, the ceremony took place in 2021.[4]

Career

Junior

Bautista won All-Around bronze at the 2017 Spanish national championships, as well as silver with ball and clubs and gold with ribbon.[5][6] She got yet another bronze with her club in the Spanish club championships.[7] Thanks to these results she was included in the national team.[8]

Senior

In 2018 Alba was selected to take part in the Gymnasiada, finishing 16th.[9][10] Later winning bronze with ribbon at nationals.[11] Bautista was also part of the rooster aiming to represent Spain at the 2018 World Championships, but she didn't make the team.[12] In December she was confirmed as part of the national team and integrated in the team training at the "Centro Deportivo Colonial Sport" in Valencia.[13]

Bautista started 2019 by competing in the Kyiv Grand-Prix,[14] followed by the Baltic Hoop tournament where she was 19th.[15][16] In May María Añó's injury made her eligible for her World Cup debut in Guadalajara.[3] At nationals she won silver with ball.[17] In September Bautista was confirmed in the national team.[18]

In 2020 Alba was to participate in the Guadalajara Tournament and the Deriugina Cup, but the COVID-19 pandemic stalled the season.[19] She returned to train in September as a temporary reserve for the national group.[20] Alba also won All-Around's silver at the 2nd online trournament behind Dina Averina.[21] In December she became national vice champion behind Polina Berezina.[22]

The following year she won bronze at nationals[23] and took part in the selection process for the Spanish team to compete at the 2021 World Championships, again not making the team.[24]

2022 was Bautista breakthrough year, Alba participated in the first World Cup of the season in Athens finishing 16th in the All-Around.[25] She then took part in the international tournament in Marbella, finishing again 16th.[26] Alba replaced Teresa Gorospe in the World Cup stage of Sofia.[27] She also participated in the World Challenge Cup in Pamplona.[28][29] In late May she was selected for her first major international competition, the European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, along Polina Berezina, the two juniors Marina Cortelles and Victoria Correia and the senior group,[30] Alba qualified for the All-Around final finishing 17th.[31] The following month, at nationals she won the silver medal behind Berezina and ahead of Gorospe.[32] Bautista then attended the last World Challenge Cup of the season in Cluj-Napoca, qualifying for the hoop and ribbon event finals.[33] In September she was confirmed in the national team for 2022–2023,[34] then she competed at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, along Berezina and the senior team, helping Spain win bronze in the team event, the first medal in this event since 1991.[2] She also qualified for the All-Around, ball and ribbon finals, finishing 17th, 5th and 7th respectively.

In January 2023 Alba was selected for the national team's training camp in Gran Canaria along Patricia Pérez, Irene Martínez, Valeria Márquez, Inés Bergua, Mireia Martínez, Andrea Fernández, Nerea Moreno, Salma Solaun, Ana Arnau and individuals Polina Berezina, Lucía González and Teresa Golospe.[35]

Routine music information
Year Apparatus Music Title
2023 Hoop Libertango by Aydar Gaynullin
Ball Veneno by Dellafuente
Clubs War / Becoming One Of The People-Becoming One With Neytiri by James Horner (Avatar OST)
Ribbon "La Saeta" by India Martínez
2022 Hoop “Battle For Kingdom Trailer" by Laurent Juillet / "Empieza el matriarcado" and other quotes from "La casa de papel"
Ball Atlántida (live) by Manolo Carrasco
Clubs “Continent" by Adrián Berenguer
Ribbon "La Saeta" by India Martínez
2021 Hoop Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights (Epic Trailer Version)
Ball Encanto Rojo by Fabio Hager Sexteto
Clubs Pushin On by 2WEI, Marvin Brooks
Ribbon
2020 Hoop Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture by Rossini
Ball Encanto Rojo by Fabio Hager Sexteto
Clubs Carmen Fantasia by Maxim Vengerov
Ribbon Paquita: Variation 2: Moderato by Leon Minkus, Anna Takova-Baynova, Valentina Raicheva
2019 Hoop The Trail by Marcin Przybylowicz
Ball Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf
Clubs Romance Con La Locura by Monica Naranjo
Ribbon Si Un Jour

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