Hobbies
Reading, pets. (marinagonzalezlara.com, 04 Sep 2019)
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Education
Business, Management - Iowa State University: Ames, IA, USA
Spoken languages
Catalan, Spanish
Club
Iowa State University: Ames, IA, USA
Coach
Jay Ronayne [club]; Nilson Medeiros [club]
Other sports
She has competed in the Catalan regional taekwondo championships in Spain. (marinagonzalezlara.com, 04 Sep 2019)
International senior debut
2019
Injuries
A foot injury prevented her from competing during her freshman year at Iowa State University in the United States of America during the 2021/22 season. (marinagonzalezlara.com, 01 Sep 2022; Facebook profile, 23 Jul 2022)
In 2021 she sustained an injury to the index finger of her right hand. (esportiumaresme.cat, 02 Feb 2022)
She sustained a stress fracture to one of her toes in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (esportiumaresme.cat, 02 Feb 2022)
In June 2018 she suffered an injury to her elbow before she was due to compete at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain. The injury required surgery and she was out for nearly 10 months. (fosbury.cat, 22 Feb 2020; sport.es, 09 Sep 2019; marinagonzalezlara.com, 02 Jun 2018)
Start sporting career
She took up the sport at age eight at Club Gimnastic Mataro in Spain.
Reason for taking up the sport
She tried swimming, taekwondo, and athletics when she was younger. She was inspired to take up gymnastics after watching the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. "It was love at first sight once I saw it on TV."
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (mundodeportivo.com, 20 Jul 2021)
Trainings
She trains five days per week.
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (esportiumaresme.cat, 02 Feb 2022)
Hero / Idol
Armenian artistic gymnast Houry Gebeshian, Dutch artistic gymnast Sanne Wevers, Swiss artistic gymnast Giulia Steingruber. (marinagonzalezlara.com, 04 Sep 2019)
Philosophy / Motto
"Each person is as small as the fear they feel, and as great as the enemy they choose. The challenge is to overcome them and create my own story." (Twitter profile, 09 Sep 2019)
Awards
In 2019 she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Spanish sports magazine, Fosbury. (fosbury.cat, 13 Jan 2020)
Additional information
STUDYING ABROAD
In 2021 she took up a scholarship at Iowa State University in the United States of America. "When Nilson Medeiros, assistant head coach of the university's gymnastics team, contacted me I didn't think it twice. It doesn't happen every day that one of the best gymnastic coaches in the world knocks at your door and gives you a chance like this. It's like living a fairy tale." (esportiumaresme.cat, 02 Feb 2022)
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