Cintia Rodriguez

Cintia Rodríguez Rodríguez (born November 16, 1994)[1] is a retired Spanish artistic gymnast. She helped Spain qualify a women's team for the 2020 Summer Olympics through her performances at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, marking the first time Spain have sent a women's team since Athens 2004.[2]

Cintia Rodriguez
Personal information
Full nameCintia Rodriguez Rodriguez
Country represented Spain
Born (1994-11-16) November 16, 1994
Inca, Spain
ResidencePalma de Majorca
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2010–2022 (ESP)
ClubClub Esportiu Xelska
Head coach(es)Pedro Mir
Retired15 November 2022
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Women's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FIG World Cup 0 2 0
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 TarragonaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 TarragonaFloor Exercise

Rodriguez was part of the Spanish team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. She also won an individual bronze medal on the floor exercise.[3]

Personal life

Rodriguez was born in Inca, Mallorca, and took up gymnastics at age 3, inspired by her sister. Rodriguez studies criminology through the National University of Distance Education.[4] She enjoys cycling in her free time and is a fan of road bicycle racing.[5] She speaks Catalan, English and Italian in addition to Spanish.[4]

Career

2010–2012

Rodriguez represented Spain at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but did not make any finals.[6]

In 2011, she placed seventh in the all-around at the Spanish National Championships.[7] Later that year, she competed at the Spain vs Italy Friendly, placing first with the Spanish team and finishing seventh in the all-around with the score of 53.100.[8]

2013–2016

Rodriguez competed at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. She placed 44th in qualifications with the all-around score of 50.266.[9]

In 2014, Rodriguez won the bronze medal in the all-around at the Spanish National Championships behind Roxana Popa and Maria Paula Vargas.[10] She also won the gold medal on the balance beam at the 2014 Spanish Cup and placed second in the all-around.[11] She competed with the Spanish team at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China.

2017–2021

In 2017, Rodriguez became the Spanish national champion on the balance beam, and earned the bronze medal on floor and in the all-around.[12] She also won gold on floor at the Spanish Cup that year, and represented Spain at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, Canada.

In June 2018, Rodriguez competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Her scores helped Spain take the bronze medal in the team final behind Italy and France. She also placed third in the floor final behind Lara Mori of Italy and Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı of Turkey.[13] In July, she became the Spanish national champion on floor and placed third in the all-around. In September, she won the silver on both the balance beam and the floor exercise at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup in Hungary, and went on to compete at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

In April 2019, Rodriguez competed at the 2019 European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, where she placed 21st in the all-around final. In June, she represented Spain at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. At the 2019 World Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany, Rodriguez, alongside teammates Roxana Popa, Alba Petisco, Ana Pérez, and Marina González, finished 12th as a team during qualifications. Although they did not advance to the team final, they qualified a team to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, marking the first time Spain qualified a women’s gymnastics team to the Olympic Games since 2004.[14][15]

In June 2021, Rodriguez announced that she will miss the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics due to a knee injury.[16]

2022

On November 15, 2022 Rodriguez announced her retirement from the sport of gymnastics.[17]

References
  1. "Cintia RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ - Olympic | Spain". International Olympic Committee. 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  2. "FIG - Event Detail".
  3. "2018 Mediterranean Games Results". The Gymternet. June 30, 2018.
  4. "RODRIGUEZ Cintia - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  5. "La gimnasta Cintia Rodríguez debutará como ciclista" [Gymnast Cintia Rodríguez will debut as a cyclist]. Ultima Hora (in Spanish). 7 July 2021.
  6. "2010 World Championships Results - Women's Qualification". Gymnasticsresults.com. April 24, 2021.
  7. "2011 Spanish National Championships Results". Gymnasticsresults.com. April 24, 2021.
  8. "2011 Spain vs Italy Friendly Results". Gymnasticsresults.com. April 24, 2021.
  9. "2013 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 24, 2021.
  10. "2014 Spanish National Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 24, 2021.
  11. "2014 Spanish Cup Results". The Gymternet. April 24, 2021.
  12. "2014 Spanish Cup Results". The Gymternet. April 24, 2021.
  13. "2018 Mediterranean Games Results". The Gymternet. June 30, 2018.
  14. "Cintia Rodriguez Competition Results". The Gymternet. April 24, 2021.
  15. "Spain Stuns with Olympics-Worthy Performance, While Italy Snags Bronze". The Gymternet. April 24, 2021.
  16. "Cintia Rodríguez, gimnasta internacional: "Renunciar a los Juegos duele tras tanto trabajo"" [Cintia Rodríguez, international gymnast: "Giving up the Games hurts after so much work".]. Ultima Hora (in Spanish). 8 June 2021.
  17. @cintiia94 (November 15, 2022). "Desde siempre y para siempre 💙Gracias 🤸🏼‍♀️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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