Miguel Rayderley Zapata Santana (born 26 May 1993) is an artistic gymnast. Born in the Dominican Republic, he is a member of the Spain national team. He won the gold medal in the men's floor exercise at the 2015 European Games, and bronze at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.[2] Zapata was also selected to compete for the Spanish squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, missing out of the final by almost two tenths of a point during the qualifying phase of his signature apparatus.[1][3] Zapata won a silver medal for Spain in the men's floor exercise event of the artistic gymnastics competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[4]
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| Full name | Miguel Rayderley Zapata Santana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1993 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Las Palmas, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Isla Lanzarote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Fernando Siscar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Zapata (floor) - double front tucked 1½ twist (G [0.7]) Zapata 2 (floor) - double front layout 1½ twist (I [0.9]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zapata also has one of the three most difficult elements in men's artistic gymnastics named after him called the Zapata 2 on floor, or double front layout with 1+1⁄2 twist, with the other two elements are the Miyachi on high bar and Nagornyy on floor to be assigned the highest difficulty value of I (0.9). Zapata also owns the Zapata on floor, which is a double front tucked with 1+1⁄2 twist and assigned a difficulty value of G (0.7).
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References edit
- ^ a b c "Rayderley Zapata". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "2015 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Zapata Rayderley". 2015worldgymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Men's Qualification Subdivision 3 Results". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat makes history, nabs gold medal at Tokyo Olympics". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links edit
- Rayderley Miguel Zapata at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Rayderley Miguel Zapata at Olympics.com
- Rayderley Miguel Zapata Santana at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- Rayderley Miguel Zapata Santana at the Comité Olímpico Español (new page) (in Spanish)
- Ray Zapata at Olympedia
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