Ona Carbonell

Ona Carbonell Ballestero is a Spanish artistic swimmer, formerly described as a synchronized swimmer, who was born on 5 June 1990 in Barcelona and swam for CN Sabadell. At the 2012 London Olympics she won the silver medal in the women's duet with Andrea Fuentes and a bronze medal in the team event. At the 2016 Rio Games she finished fourth in the duet with Gemma Mengual. She gave birth in August 2020 while preparing for the postponed Tokyo Olympics, returned to training within four weeks and competed there, where Spain came seventh in the team event; a documentary called Starting Over followed that comeback. In December 2022 she was named one of the BBC 100 Women.