Salma Solaun

In 2018 Solaun was integrated in the national team while competing for Beti Aurrera.[4] She then started taking part in international tournaments representing Spain.[5] In June 2019, after winning the junior Spanish championships,[6] Salma was selected for the Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia,[7] where she made the ribbon final in the end winning an historical bronze, the first individual medal for Spain since 1993.[8]

In 2020 Solaun was included in the senior national team, she won medals in competitions, such as the Moscow Grand Prix in February.[9] In 2021 she was among the contenders to represent Spain at the 2021 World Championship,[10] she made the team but an injury to her left knee prevented her from competing and was replaced by her teammate Teresa Gorospe.[11] She underwent surgery on the problem in November 2021 and was away from the sport for five months.[12] In 2022 Solaun decided to switch to the group making her debut 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.[13] [14] In Baku they were 12th in the All-Around and therefore didn't qualify for event finals.[15] A month later in Pamplona they won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[16][17] In Portimão they won 3 silver medals.[18] They won All-Around bronze and 5 hoops and silver with 3 ribbons + 2 balls in Cluj-Napoca.[19] Salma took part, with Ana Arnau, Inés Bergua, Valeria Márquez, Mireia Martínez and Patricia Pérez in the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, winning silver in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final,[20] and the World Championshipsin Sofia[21] where the Spanish group won three bronze medals: All-Around (earning them a spot for the 2024 Olympics), 5 hoops, and team.[22][23][24][25]