Valentina Meriño
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Full name | Valentina Franca Meriño Ferretti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 26 January 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2003-2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Marcela Ramírez, Enrique Hidalgo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valentina Franca Meriño Ferretti (born 26 January 1987) is a retired Chilean rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's a medalist at South American and Pan American level.
Biography
In 2003 Valentina was the national Chilean champion and participated in the World Championships in Budapest, the first in which Chile took part.[2][3]
Selected for the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires she won bronze in the ribbon final, behind Anahí Sosa and Ana Paula Scheffer.[4][5]
In September 2007 she competed at the World Championships in Patras, taking 97th place in the All-Around.[6] A month later she won gold in teams (along Paloma Garate, Catalina Ulloa and Catalina Vichez), in the All-Around, with rope, hoop and clubs at the South American Championships.[7]
Meriño studied physical education at the Autonomous University of Chile, and psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She retired in 2010.[8]
References
- ^ "MERINO Valentina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "The year 2003 was the first time Chile went to a GR World Championships". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.[self-published]
- ^ "Budapest 2003".
- ^ Rodríguez III, Ernesto (2010), LIBROS DEL CICLO OLÍMPICO ARGENTINO - Libro I de los Juegos Odesur 1978-2010 (in Spanish) (1a. ed.), Buenos Aires: Alarco Ediciones, p. 192, ISBN 978-987-1367-18-4, retrieved 2012-06-03
- ^ "Gimnasia Rítmica en Chile. Los primeros varones". dialnet.unirioja.es.
- ^ "2007 World Championships" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- ^ bruffinelli (2007-11-24). "No llores por mi Valentina: yo ya lo hice por ti". el blog de bernardita ruffinelli (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Rhythmic gymnastics looses its princess". www.facebook.com.[self-published]