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Alejandra Quereda

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Alejandra Quereda
Quereda at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameAlejandra Quereda Flores
Born (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 34)
Alicante, Spain
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Spain
(2010-2016)
Head coach
Anna Baranova
Assistant coach
Sara Bayón
Medal record
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroGroup All-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Izmir10 Clubs
Gold medal – first place2013 Kyiv10 Clubs
Bronze medal – third place2013 Kyiv3 Balls + 2 Ribbons
Bronze medal – third place2015 StuttgartGroup All-around
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Holon6 Clubs + 2 Hoops
Bronze medal – third place2014 Baku10 clubs
Bronze medal – third place2016 Holon5 Ribbons

Alejandra Quereda Flores (born 24 July 1992 in Alicante) is a Spanish former group rhythmic gymnast and current coach. She won a silver medal in the group all-around at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and she is a two-time World champion in 10 clubs. She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and won three medals at the European Championships. Since 2020, she has been the coach of the Spanish national group.

Gymnastics career

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Quereda competed at her first World Championships in 2009, where the Spanish group finished sixth in the all-around. She competed then at the 2010 World Championships despite a shoulder injury. There, Spain finished 15th in the group all-around. She was also part of the Spanish group that finished 12th at the 2011 World Championships.[1]

Quereda helped Spain win the all-around competition at the 2012 Olympic Test Event, winning an Olympic berth in the process.[2] She then represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics alongside Loreto Achaerandio, Sandra Aguilar, Elena López, Lourdes Mohedano, and Lidia Redondo. The Spanish group finished fourth, less than half a point behind the bronze medalists.[3] Quereda and most of the group members continued to train with the goal of winning an Olympic medal in 2016.[4]

Quereda helped Spain win the gold medal in the 10 clubs final at the 2013 World Championships. Additionally, the group won a bronze medal in the 3 balls and 2 ribbons final.[5] At the 2014 European Championships, Spain won the bronze medal in the 10 clubs final, behind Bulgaria and Russia.[6] Quereda and the Spanish group only placed 11th in the all-around at the 2014 World Championships after major errors in the 3 balls and 2 ribbons routine. However, they were able to successfully defend their 10 clubs World title.[7]

Quereda represented Spain at the 2015 European Games, where the group finished fourth in the all-around.[8] At the 2015 World Championships, Quereda won a bronze medal in the group all-around competition, which also secured the group's place at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[9] She won two medals with the Spanish group at the 2016 European Championships– a silver in 6 clubs and 2 hoops and a bronze medal in 5 ribbons.[10]

Quereda competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongside Elena López, Artemi Gavezou, Sandra Aguilar, Lourdes Mohedano. She was the captain of the Spanish group that won the silver medal in the group all-around.[11] This was Spain's first Olympic medal in rhythmic gymnastics since the group won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[12] In a 2023 interview, Quereda remarked that this silver medal "felt like gold".[4] Quereda retired from the sport after these Olympic Games.[13]

Coaching career

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Quereda began coaching the individual rhythmic gymnasts of the Spanish national team in 2018.[13] She moved to coaching the Spanish national group in 2020.[4] She coached the groups that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won two bronze medals at the 2025 World Championships.[14]

Detailed Olympic results

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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 [15] 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

References

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  1. ↑ "Quereda Alejandra - FIG Athlete Profile". World Gymnastics. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Rhythmic gymnasts catch the eye with aesthetic excellence". World Gymnastics. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "2012 Summer Olympics Rhythmic Gymnastics Group, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Athlete Inspiration: Surging Spanish Rhythmic Group readying to take on the world in 2023". World Gymnastics. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Espanya es penja l'or en la final de 10 maces dels Mundials de Kíev". El Periódico (in Spanish). 1 September 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Group: 10 clubs Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  7. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (28 September 2014). "Spain and Russia bounce back as Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships come to an end". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Results for 1st European Games Baku 2015 (AZE)". World Gymnastics. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Russia reigns over Group All-around final at Stuttgart Worlds". World Gymnastics. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Results for 32nd European Championships 2016, Holon 2016 (ISR)". World Gymnastics. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia wins fifth successive team gold". Reuters. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Russian Group crowned with fifth consecutive Olympic title". World Gymnastics. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Alejandra Quereda, seleccionadora nacional de gimnasia rítmica individual" [Alejandra Quereda, national coach of individual rhythmic gymnastics]. Iberdrola (in Spanish). May 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  14. ↑ Pérez Navarro, Ana (26 August 2025). "Alejandra Quereda, seleccionadora de gimnasia rítmica, tras ganar dos medallas de bronce en un Mundial con polémica: "Ha sido una competición muy dura y atípica, pero las deportistas han sabido sobreponerse"" [Alejandra Quereda, rhythmic gymnastics coach, after winning two bronze medals at a controversial World Championship: “It has been a very tough and atypical competition, but the athletes have managed to overcome it.”]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "Russia Group RG music list". rgforum. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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