Dentistry

Spanish

Alejandra Quereda [national], ESP; Ana Maria Pelaz [national], ESP

An injury forced her to withdraw from the 2021 World Cup event in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (rfegimnasia.es, 14 Apr 2021)

She took up the sport at age seven at Club Pucol in Valencia, Spain. (hortanoticias.com, 03 Sep 2020; enlablume.wordpress.com, 01 Sep 2016)

She switched to rhythmic gymnastics because she did not like ballet. (enlablume.wordpress.com, 01 Sep 2016)

The Spanish rhythmic gymnastics team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (laliga4sports.es, 28 Feb 2017)

"Sacrifice." (laliga4sports.es, 28 Feb 2017)

She was named the 2017 Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year in El Puig, Spain. (elperiodic.com, 16 Sep 2017)

General
OLYMPIC PRESSURE
She began competing regularly for Spain in 2017, and has felt the pressure of joining the Spanish rhythmic gymnastics team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "We had the highest bar. We were assumed to be the substitutes of the Olympic runners-up of Rio. People get used to success very quickly and expect results very soon. At the same time, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves because we wanted to make it perfect, so the beginnings were terrible. But now, we have adapted, we have grown as gymnasts, we have been progressing over the months and have been working very well." (proyectofer.es, 09 May 2019)