Rayderley Zapata

Miguel Rayderley Zapata Santana[lower-alpha 1] (born May 26, 1993) is a Spanish male artistic gymnast of Dominican Republic origin, and a member of the national team. He won the gold medal in the men's floor exercise at the 2015 European Games, and bronze at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.[2] Zapata was also selected to compete for the Spanish squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, missing out of the final by almost two tenths of a point from the qualifying phase of his signature apparatus exercise.[1][3] Zapata won a silver medal for Spain in the men's floor exercise event of the artistic gymnastics competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[4]

Rayderley Zapata
Personal information
Full nameMiguel Rayderley Zapata Santana
Country represented Spain
Born (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
ResidenceLas Palmas, Spain
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2015
ClubIsla Lanzarote
Head coach(es)Fernando Siscar
Eponymous skillsZapata (floor) - double front tucked 1½ twist (G [0.7])
Zapata 2 (floor) - double front layout 1½ twist (I [0.9])
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoFloor Exercise
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 GlasgowFloor Exercise
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuFloor Exercise
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 TarragonaTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 TarragonaFloor Exercise

Zapata also has one of the three most difficult elements in men's artistic gymnastics named after him called the Zapata 2 on floor, or double front layout with 1+1⁄2 twist, with the other two elements are the Miyachi on high bar and Nagornyy on floor to be assigned the highest difficulty value of I (0.9). Zapata also owns the Zapata on floor, which is a double front tucked with 1+1⁄2 twist and assigned a difficulty value of G (0.7).

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zapata and the second or maternal family name is Santana.

References
  1. "Rayderley Zapata". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. "2015 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Zapata Rayderley". 2015worldgymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. "Gymnastics: Men's Qualification Subdivision 3 Results". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat makes history, nabs gold medal at Tokyo Olympics". Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
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