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Gemma Mengual

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Gemma Mengual Civil is a Spanish artistic swimmer, known in earlier years as a synchronised swimmer, who was born on 12 April 1977 in Barcelona. She swam at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, placing eighth and then fourth in the duet with Paola Tirados before winning silver in the duet with Andrea Fuentes and silver in the team event at Beijing in 2008. Olympedia counts 19 world championship medals in her career, with her best year in 2009. She announced her retirement in February 2012 and coached the Spanish national team, but returned to competition in 2015 and swam the duet with Ona Carbonell at the 2016 Rio Games, finishing fourth.

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1977 1
Gender
Female 1
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2-4 1
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is a Spanish synchronised swimmer
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1. Olympedia: Gemma Mengual at Olympedia
Olympedia
  • Biographical information, Born
    Born 12 April 1977 in Barcelona, Barcelona ESP
  • Biographical information, Sex
    Sex Female
  • Medals, Olympic Games
    Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Gemma Mengual (Wikipedia)
  • Lead sentence
    is a Spanish synchronised swimmer
  • Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2000 Olympics
    She has competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2004 Olympics
    She has competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2008 Olympics
    She has competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Lead, 2016 Olympics
    she would compete in the duet in the 2016 Summer Olympics with Ona Carbonell
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