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Joel Plata

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Plata and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Joel Plata
Plata at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameJoel Plata Rodríguez
Country represented Spain
Born (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)
Barcelona, Catalonia
ResidenceMadrid
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubClub Gimnastic Sant Boi
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's artistic gymnastics
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Horizontal bar
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran All-around
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 1 1 1
Total 1 1 1

Joel Plata Rodríguez (born 20 March 1998) is a Spanish artistic gymnast. He won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2022 European Championships. He is also the 2022 Mediterranean Games all-around silver medalist. He represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

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Plata was born on 20 March 1998 in Barcelona. He began gymnastics when he was five years old.[2] Initially, he also did swimming and played football, but he decided to focus fully on gymnastics because it was his favorite.[3]

Career

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2016-17

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Plata competed with the Spanish team that finished sixth at the 2016 Olympic Test Event,[4] meaning they did not qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6] He then competed at the 2016 European Championships with the Spanish team that finished eighth.[7] He competed at the 2017 World Championships and qualified for the all-around final where he finished 24th.[8]

2018-19

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Plata won a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2018 Szombathely World Challenge Cup.[9] He was initially the second reserve for the all-around final at the 2019 European Championships,[10] but he was slated to compete after two other athletes withdrew.[11] He ultimately finished 18th in the all-around final.[12] He then represented Spain at the 2019 European Games and qualified for the all-around final, where he finished 12th.[13] He competed with the Spanish team that finished 11th at the 2019 World Championships, and this result ensured their team's qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14]

2020-21

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Plata was scheduled to compete at the 2020 Birmingham World Cup.[15] However, the competition was postponed to 2021 and eventually canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16][17] He was selected to compete at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics alongside Néstor Abad, Thierno Diallo, and Nicolau Mir.[18] The team finished 12th in the qualification round. Additionally, Plata was the first reserve for the all-around final.[19] He finished sixth in the all-around at the 2021 World Championships.[20]

2022

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Plata (right) at the 2022 European Championships

Plata represented Spain at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and helped the team finish fourth.[21] Individually, Plata won the all-around silver medal behind Turkey's Adem Asil.[22] Then at the European Championships, he finished fourth in the all-around competition.[23] He also helped Spain qualify for the team final, finishing in eighth place.[24] He then won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar final, behind Marios Georgiou and Robert Tvorogal.[25] Plata and the Spanish team finished sixth at the World Championships in Liverpool.[26] Individually, he qualified for the all-around final, finishing 18th.[27] After the World Championships, he competed at the Swiss Cup Zürich, a mixed-pairs competition, alongside Laura Casabuena, and they placed fourth.[28]

2023

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On 16 March 2023, Plata and other members of the Spanish national team were involved in a car accident during a training camp in Anadia, Portugal. The wheel on their van exploded, causing it to roll over multiple times.[29] Plata was the only one ejected from the van because his seatbelt broke, and he was the most severely injured.[30] His injuries included a broken femur that required emergency surgery.[31] He also needed several staples in his elbow and stitches in his eyebrow and lip.[32]

Plata was able to return in time for the 2023 World Championships. He helped the team finish in ninth place, which made them the first reserve for the team final and allowed them to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[33]

2024

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At the Antalya World Challenge Cup, Plata won the gold medal on the horizontal bar and the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Turkey's Adem Asil.[34][35] Then at the 2024 European Championships, he helped the Spanish team finish fifth.[36] Individually, Plata finished 11th in the all-around competition.[37] He also qualified for the horizontal bar final, finishing eighth.[38]

Plata was selected to represent Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Néstor Abad, Thierno Diallo, Nicolau Mir, and Rayderley Zapata.[39] The team finished 12th in the qualification round. Individually, Plata was the first reserve for the all-around final and the third reserve for the floor exercise final.[40]

References

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  1. ^ "Plata Joel". Tokyo 2020. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Plata Joel". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ Payá, Rafa (21 July 2024). ""El Joel Plata de hoy no es el mismo que el de hace un año"" [“The Joel Plata of today is not the same as the one from a year ago”]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands and France grab final men's team berths to Rio Olympic Games". International Gymnastics Federation. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. ^ "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ "32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  8. ^ "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Verniaiev continues comeback at Szombathely World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  10. ^ "8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Qualification All-Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  11. ^ "8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  12. ^ "8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Minsk 2019 Results Book Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Minsk 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  14. ^ Ojeda, Enrique (7 October 2019). "España también clasifica al equipo masculino para Tokio" [Spain also qualifies the men's team for Tokyo]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars". International Gymnastics Federation. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  16. ^ "New dates set for Doha Apparatus World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  17. ^ "The All-Around World Cup Series is cancelled". International Gymnastics Federation. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Juegos Olimpicos de Tokyo 2020: Equipo Olimpico Espanol" [Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Spanish Olympic Team]. Spanish Olympic Committee (in Spanish). 30 June 2021.
  19. ^ Pérez, Ismael (24 July 2021). "Ray Zapata se mete en su primera final olímpica con la cuarta nota en suelo" [Ray Zapata makes it to his first Olympic final with the fourth highest score on the floor]. Men's Health (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  20. ^ "Newcomer Zhang stuns Olympic champion Hashimoto for World All-Around title". International Gymnastics Federation. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics – Results – Men's Qualifications and Team final" (PDF). Oran 2022. 27 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Results Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). Oran 2022. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  23. ^ Crumlish, John (18 August 2022). "Great Britain's Joe Fraser strides past recent foot injury to win all-around gold at European Championships". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  24. ^ "European Championships Munich 2022 Men Team Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  25. ^ Burke, Patrick (21 August 2022). "Olympic champion Dolgopyat among artistic gymnastics winners on final day of Munich 2022". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  26. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  27. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October – 6 November 2022 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Fatta, Moldauer victorious at Swiss Cup". USA Gymnastics. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  29. ^ Amorós, José (16 March 2023). "El equipo nacional de gimnasia artística sufre un accidente de tráfico que ha provocado una lesión grave a Joel Plata" [The national artistic gymnastics team suffers a traffic accident that has caused a serious injury to Joel Plata]. Relevo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  30. ^ Pérez, Ismael (18 July 2024). "Joel Plata, el gimnasta más completo de España, un accidente y un milagro para llegar a París 2024: "No podía andar y ya hacía molinos en los aparatos"" [Joel Plata, Spain's most complete gymnast, an accident and a miracle to reach Paris 2024: "I couldn't walk and I was already doing windmills on the apparatus"]. Men's Health (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Joel Plata, la historia de una recuperación récord tras un accidente que le hizo empezar de cero" [Joel Plata, the story of a record recovery after an accident that made him start from scratch]. LaSexta. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  32. ^ Amor, Manuel (17 June 2023). "El Joel Plata más sincero publica imágenes de su durísima recuperación: "Esta mierda no me define"" [The most sincere Joel Plata publishes images of his tough recovery: "This shit doesn't define me"]. Relevo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  33. ^ Aragón, Andrés; Martín, Marta (2 October 2023). "España en el Mundial de Gimnasia Artística 2023: De superar un accidente a obtener una cuota a los Juegos Olímpicos" [Spain at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: From overcoming an accident to obtaining a quota for the Olympic Games]. International Olympic Committee (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Joel Plata, oro en barra y plata en suelo, y Nicolau Mir, oro en paralelas en la Copa del Mundo de Antalya" [Joel Plata, gold on the bar and silver on the floor, and Nicolau Mir, gold on the parallel bars at the World Cup in Antalya]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Barbosa, de Jesus dos Santos, Asil make golden impressions as World Challenge Cup season begins". International Gymnastics Federation. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  36. ^ "36th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Teams Team Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  37. ^ Crumlish, John (24 April 2024). "Cyprus's Marios Georgiou makes history by winning European all-around title". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  38. ^ Gunston, Jo (27 April 2024). "Jarman and Kovtun win European titles in Rimini". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  39. ^ "Joel plata: "No lo llamo presión, lo llamo objetivo"" [Joel Plata: "I don't call it pressure, I call it objective"]. Avance Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  40. ^ Payá, Rafa (27 July 2024). "Ray Zapata brilla y se mete en la final de suelo con la tercera nota" [Ray Zapata shines and gets into the floor final in third place]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
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