Women and Sport

Alba Torrens Salom (born August 30, 1989 in Binissalem, Majorca) is an international Spanish basketball player, elected by FIBA ​​"Best Player in Europe" in 2011 and 2014. She holds the position of eavesdropper and is a member of UMMC Ekaterinburg Of Yekaterinburg, Russia. She is an absolute international with the Spanish team since 2008 and with her has been proclaimed European Champion in 2013, runner-up in the world in 2014 and Olympic runner-up in 2016. His sporting career began in the basketball school of Inca, where after seeing a great progression, he moved to San José Obrero and later to Segle XXI. Its debut in Liga Femenina did it in the Real Club Celta Indepo of Vigo. After several seasons of a great progression in Vigo, play in the Perfumerías Avenue of Salamanca in summer of 2009, remaining there two years until the impressive season 2010/11 in which of proclaimed champion of Supercopa of Spain, Spanish Liga and Euroleague, in addition To be n...

Women have faced throughout history a double discrimination in their access to sporting glory: their late arrival to almost all the disciples and the lack of media focus of their deeds and competitions. A double wall that many pioneers and heroines have been tasked with knocking down hard work, effort and gender claims. LARISSA LATYNINA The Soviet gymnast is the most celebrated female athlete in Olympic history with 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronzes), obtained between the Games of Melbourne 56, Rome 60 and Tokyo 64. Only Michael Phelps with his 28 medals has more Preseas it and draws nine golds with Carl Lewis, Marc Spitz and Paavo Nurmi. KATHERINE SWITZER In spite of trying to be expelled by one of the organizers to push, Switzer finished the marathon of Boston in 1967 a time of 4:20:00. His courageous challenge to the ban on competing for women in the distance of Filipides made her a champion of feminism in sport. His dorsal '261' became a symbol...

Natalia Partyka :   This polish is queen table tennis. The malformation he suffered in one of his arms has not prevented him from having the fastest service in the world. For that reason, it not only participates in the Paralimpiadas (in which it premiered with only 11 years, the youngest of the history) but that this year has done double and also competed in the Olympics. Isis Hold:  This young Australian athlete (only 15 years old) suffers cerebral palsy but has become one of the great promises of this sport in her country. At the IPC Athletics World Championships last year he won two gold medals so now, all eyes are on it. Zahra Nemati : This Israeli is all a benchmark for the athletes of their country. He currently participates in the Paralimpiadas in archery. But before suffering the accident that left her in wheelchair had participated in the Olympiads like taekwondista. This 2016 has returned to participate in the Olympic Games where it was the first fe...

Her smile and vitality brighten the rehabilitation room of the Paraplegic Hospital of Toledo. It has been little more than two months here, but Eva has earned the affection and the admiration of all. "She has always been a fighter," says Rosario, her mother, who has not been missing a day from the accident to be with her since the accident. "From the first moment Eva was the one who gave encouragement to everyone. The hospital gym opens at 9 and they will have to give the key because it is the first one here and stays until 14.00 hours giving To the body, "she says. This Madrilenian, who as a child made ballet, then athletics and for two years practiced the triathlon with Valdemoro's Tri-Val club, was born again on September 29. "I signed up for a cyclist route through the sierra of Madrid. It was a normal day, what happens is that it started raining and going down the port of la Morcuera I went a bit on the bike. Ravine and stopped the blow with ...

Carmen Jordá (28 of May of 1988, Alcoy, province of Alicante) is a Spanish motoring pilot, daughter of the expiloto José Miguel Jordá. It begins to compete in karts with 10 years after a contravolanteo discovered by its father in the cars of shock. At this age his favorite circuit was the Olive Karting Circuit. At the age of 12 he is third in the Yamaha category of the Valencian Community Championship, and at age 13 he is seventh in the National Championship. In 2005 and 2006 he competes in the Junior Master, remaining in seventh position in both years. In 2006 he has his first contact with Formula 3 and in 2007 competes in the Spanish Cup, getting on the podium 3 times and is finally in fourth place. At the end of 2007 he fiches by the equipment Fields F3, and makes its debut in the Formula 3 series A. In 2009 it fiches by the equipment GTA Motor Competition. The 26 of February of 2015 becomes the new pilot of development of the equipment Lotus F1 Team, with t...

In the previous post I have spoken a little of Edurne Pasaban and that you can find much more information about her on her page which I have put the link. In this entry I am going to talk about another facet of Edurne. The Spanish mountaineer has developed the feminine line of the spring-summer 2017 collection of a well-known Swedish brand Haglöfs. The collection is focused on the daily life of women, versatile garments that can be worn both in nature and in the urban environment.

  Edurne Pasaban , Spanish alpinist and the first woman in history to ascend to the 14 8000 meters of the planet and the twenty-first person. He completed his deed in 9 years, from his first ascent to 8,000 meters at Everest on May 23, 2001 to the last of Shisha Pangma on May 17, 2010. Edurne nowadays combines his sports career with his increasingly solid connection to the world of business, an area where he is a speaker for companies both nationally and internationally, as well as sports, cultural and educational organizations. In the following link I put your web page where you can find much more information about it.. https://www.edurnepasaban.com/es 

Yohanna Alonso a girl who was born in Leon and is Civil Guard has become a world-wide star of combat sports. In 2016 I can not achieve the first place in this championship, but this year it has not been able to resist and it has been done with the gold. In the following link you can access their website and be able to know many more things about it. I hope you like them https://yohannaalonso.com/  

  I put the link of a video where Amaya Valdemoro, about which I have spoken a little in the previous publication, tells a little as has been his experience and the comparisons he has had to go through. But as she says "I am Amaya Valdemoro and not Pau Gasol". This has led him to have many complications in his life since he has not been able to become as famous or collect as much as others have been able to charge. But to get to that point the first thing that must change the focus of the media are the first to create these differences. And that all athletes have the same resources to be better athletes and achieve the goals.

Amaya Valdemoro is an ex player of Spanish basketball. She is from Madrid and was born on August 18, 1976 is considered the best Spanish player in history basketball, winner of 3 WNBA ring, 2 participations in the Olympic Games and many more trophies. He has played in the Spanish, American, Brazilian, Russian and Turkish leagues. It has managed to enter the Top 5 of best European player in 6 consecutive years. The Madrilenian put the end to its sport race in the highest one conquering next to the equipment of its soul, the Spanish selection, the gold in the European of France before the host selection. A date that will remain for the story, June 30, 2013. Of that championship, the ex-eave emphasizes that "it was the most special championship. I played minutes counted to help the young women to overcome moments of pressure, but I enjoyed more than ever. I was incredibly happy. "

She is a Spanish athlete who competes in weightlifting, in the category of 75 kg, winner of the bronze medal in the Olympic Games of Rio 2016 and in the World of 2013, and tri-champion of Europe in 2014, 2015 and 2017. Lidia has participated in three Olympic Games. In Peking 2008 it reached the fifth place in the category of 75 kg with a total of 250 kg however after detecting the doping of three of the four that preceded it, Lidia Valentín could ascend to the second position. In London 2012 was fourth in the same category; His mark of 265 kg was only 4 kg of the Olympic bronze. In the games of Rio 2016, it obtained bronze medal after raising 116 kg in start-up and 141 in two times, for a total of 257 kg.

The Venezuelan Michelle Lewin is today the fitness diva. Thanks to his photographs in social networks the phenomenon has been growing a lot and has more than 6 million followers in his Facebook account and his publications in Instagram are crazy. Michelle started practicing sports at age 17, but it was thanks to her partner that everything began to change. He saw in her a potential that others and even she did not see. Your body is the result of hours and hours of training and above all a lot of sacrifice. Her bikini figure everyone wants to capture. Michelle Lewin has gone from being the girl-next-door working in a local clinic in Venezuela to one of the biggest stars in the fitness industry, and in record time. "If I can change my body, so can you."

She started her football carree in the inferior categories of the Xuventú Aguiño de   Riveira   (A Coruña). In 2005, she was signed by the Painsa Zaragora with whom she made her debut in the Super League. Between 2008 and 2010 she played in R.C.D. Espanyol where she won two runners-up of the League (2009/2010) and two Copas de la Reina (2009, 2010). In 2010 she went to the United States where she played first in the Buffalo Flash of the W-League (second division) and the in the Chicago Red Stars of the Women’s Professional Soccer (first division). After that, she returned to the Espanyol and in the 2010-2011 season she did her best one with 39 goals in 26 matches. (Original source: http://compostimes.com/2015/01/vero-boquete-escribiendo-la-historia/) In the next summer, she returned to the Women’s Professional Soccer where she played in the Philadelphia Independence where she was name the best player and she won the runner-up. After this, she signed by the...

She is a Spanish synchronized swimmer, considered during her race, one of the sport sportsmen of the Spanish sport. Gemma Mengual knew the swimming synchronized to the eight years. After her parents enrolled her at the Kallipolis Swimming Club (Barcelona), her trainer Anna Tarrés joined her team in 1992. In 1994 she was runner-up for youth in Europe.  She possesses the typical qualities of the sprinters: Explosiveness and power in her arms and legs, she is very agile and flexible in the water, and very expressive in her choreographies. On February 16, 2012 and with just a few months left for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the swimmer announced her withdrawal from the competition, "I'm retiring because I've already given everything I could give to this sport"

She is a Spanish player of badminton that competes in the individual female category, current number one of the ranking of the BWF (badminton world federation). Carolina started playing badminton at the Badminton club La Orden in her hometown, Huelva. She has been Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro 2016, twice world champion, in 2014 and 2015, and twice European champion, in 2014 and 2016. In 2014 she was awarded the National Sports Award to the best Spanish athlete of the year. In 2016 the Sports Palace of Huelva was renamed as "Carolina Marin Sports Palace" in his honor. In 2009 she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a silver medal, first in the Junior Badminton European Championships, and gold medal later in the European Under-17 Badminton Championships. In 2011 he won the gold medal at the European Youth Championship held in Finland. In 2012 participated in the Olympic Games of London, being eliminated in the group phase. In 2016 she became ch...

The women have in sport one of the sector where they are most vetoed because for a women to be able to dedicate herself professionally to the sport, would need a lots and good financiations that today are practically imposible. Currently, that situation is changing progresivelly although to a success achieved by a female team isn’t given as much importance as a men’s one. (Original source:  http://www.eumed.net/libros-gratis/2007a/231/14.htm ) We relate women with sports that include flexibility, rhythm, beauty… while we relate men to sports of strenght, endurance, power… That made the women who doesn´t fit in that idea seem aggressive, masculine and don’t value her triumphs. Also the media give so less importance to the women’s sport, as there are hardly any images and information related to the sports practiced by women. In relation to salaries, the men earn a lot of more money than women in the same sport. The best paid women ear the majority of her money fr...

- Verónica Costa , aka Vikika fitness, has been making known the fitness through videos, trainings and recipes in her blog: http://fitfoodmarket.es/ . You can follow her on Instagram, where she has 419k of followers: @vikikacosta (Original source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYnq6VhK1F/?taken-by=vikikacosta&hl=es) - Patry Jordan , she has a blog called ( http://gymvirtual.com/ )  where you can planned your own exercise and workout calendar with her tips. Also she has a Youtube Channel full of training videos ( https://www.youtube.com/user/gymvirtual ). You can follow her gym virtual’s count on Instagram,  where she has 352k of followers (@gymvirtual_com) or in her personal account where she has 638k of followers (@patryjordan). (Original source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSt8pzojLPO/?taken-by=gymvirtual_com) - Miriam Albero , has a personal blog about sport and nutrition ( http://miriamalbero.com/ ) and also she has a blog in Vogue (...

1. Serena Williams (tennis player). She has won 23 singles Grand Slams, 14 women's doubles Grand Slams, two mixed doubles Grand Slams, 23 WTA 1 titles, four Olympic gold medals, a Federation Cup and two Hopman cup. She is the only tennis player of either sex to have completed the Golden Slam career in both modalities (singles and doubles) or one of the greatest female athletes of all time. 2. Maria Sharapova (tennis player).   Despite serving a 15-month suspension for testing positive for a banned substance in a drug test, the five-time Grand Slam champion is still among the most popular sportswomen on the planet and has been world No. 1 multiple times. In 2008, Time magazine named her as one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future." 3. Simone Biles (U.S. gymnast) . At the 2016 Rio Olympics she won four Olympic gold medals, along with a bronze medal, setting the U.S. record for most golds in women’s gymnastics at a...