Claudia Colom | |
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![]() Colom on the balance beam at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Claudia Colom Martín |
Country represented | ![]() |
Born | Palma, Spain | 26 September 1998
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Level | Senior International Elite |
Club | Xelska |
Head coach(es) | Pedro Mir |
Retired | 2021[1] |
Claudia Colom Martín[a] (born 26 September 1998) is a retired Spanish artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Spanish all-around champion, and she competed at the 2014, 2015, and 2017 World Championships.[2]
Colom competed at the 2012 Junior European Championships, and the Spanish team finished eleventh in the qualification round.[3] She then competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival with Natalia Ros and Laura Gamell, and they finished tenth as a team.[4] At the 2013 Elite Gym Massilia, she finished fifteenth in the all-around with a total score of 50.500.[5]
Colom made her senior international debut at the 2014 WOGA Classic, and she tied with Lia Top for ninth place in the all-around. She had the second-highest score on the floor exercise- 12.950.[6] She then competed at the 2014 European Championships with Roxana Popa, Cintia Rodríguez, Ana Pérez, and Laura Gamell, and they finished sixth in the team final.[7] At the 2014 World Championships, Colom and the Spanish team finished fifteenth in the qualification round.[8]
At the 2015 Anadia World Cup, Colom finished seventh on the uneven bars and the balance beam.[9] She was selected to represent Spain at the 2015 European Games alongside Ainhoa Carmona and Ana Pérez, and they finished twelfth in the team competition.[10] She then competed at the 2015 World Championships alongside Nora Fernández, Ana Pérez, Roxana Popa, Natalia Ros, and Maria Paula Vargas, and they finished seventeenth in the qualification round.[11]
Colom competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and placed twenty-eighth in the all-around with a total score of 53.732.[12] Spain had to choose between Colom and Ana Pérez for their one Olympic spot, and ultimately, Pérez was chosen for the Olympic Games.[13][14] She competed at the 2016 European Championships, and the Spanish team finished tenth.[15] She then won the all-around gold medal at the 2016 Spanish Championships.[16]
Colom finished second in the all-around at the 2017 Spanish Championships behind Ana Pérez.[17] She then finished seventh on the uneven bars at the 2017 Szombathely World Cup.[18] At the 2017 World Championships, she only competed on the uneven bars, but she did not qualify for the event final.[19]
Colom retired in 2021 due to injuries, and she began coaching.[1]