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Elena Lopez

Lopez in 2014

Personal information

Full name

Elena López Benaches

Country represented

Spain

Born

4 October 1994 (age 30)
Valencia, Spain

Discipline

Level

Senior International Elite

Years on national team

2011-

Medal record

Elena López Benaches^[a] (born 4 October 1994 in Valencia) is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast.

Career

She represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics and ended on 4th place in Group All-Around.^[1] She also competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she won the bronze medal in the all-around event.^[2]

López competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she was member of the Spanish group (together with Sandra Aguilar, Artemi Gavezou, Lourdes Mohedano, Alejandra Quereda) that won silver medal in group-all around.^[3]

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2016	Olympics	Rio de Janeiro		All-around	2nd	35.766	1st	35.749
			Vida Carnaval, Bahiana/Batucada, Sambuka by Carlinhos Brown, Inner Sense & Richard Sliwa, Artem Uzunov	5 Ribbons	1st	17.800	1st	17.783
			Cementerio Judío, Soleá, La Aurora de Nueva York by Compañía Rafael Amargo, Montse Cortés	6 Clubs / 2 Hoops	5th	17.966	2nd	17.966

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2012	Olympics	London		All-around	4th	54.950	5th	54.550
			Red Violin Remix (Aranjuez) by Ikuko Kawai	5 Balls	5th	27.400	5th	27.150
			Malagueña by Stanley Black And His Orchestra, Placido Domingo	3 Ribbons / 2 Hoops	3rd	27.550	3rd	27.400

^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Benaches.

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena López". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
^ "2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Elena Lopez" (PDF). Longines Official Results Provider. 6 September 2015. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ Sarkar, Pritha (21 August 2016). "Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia wins fifth successive team gold". Reuters. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

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