At the 1996 World Championships, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jesús Carballo won Spain its first medal at the World Championships, a gold on horizontal bar.[1] At the 2002 World Championships Elena Gómez became the first female Spanish gymnast to win a World Championships medal, winning gold on floor exercise.[2] At that same World Championships Gervasio Deferr had initially won the silver medal on men's floor exercise; however he was stripped of the medal the following year after testing positive for marijuana.[3]
| Spain at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | ESP |
| Medals |
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Medalists
edit| Medal | Name | Year | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Jesús Carballo |  1996 San Juan |
Men's horizontal bar |
 Silver |
Jesús Carballo |  1997 Lausanne |
Men's horizontal bar |
| Silver |
Gervasio Deferr |  1999 Tianjin |
Men's floor exercise |
| Gold |
Jesús Carballo | Men's horizontal bar | |
| Gold |
Elena Gómez |  2002 Debrecen |
Women's floor exercise |
 Bronze |
Elena Gómez |  2003 Anaheim |
Women's floor exercise |
| Silver |
Gervasio Deferr |  2007 Stuttgart |
Men's floor exercise |
| Bronze |
Rayderley Zapata |  2015 Glasgow |
Men's floor exercise |
References
edit- ^ "Jesús Carballo Martínez: «Llevo siete operaciones en una rodilla»" [Jesús Carballo Martínez: «I have had seven operations on my knee»]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Veinte años del oro mundial de Elena Gómez" [Twenty years of Elena Gómez's world gold]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). November 24, 2022.
- ^ "Gervasio Deferr pierde la medalla de plata del Mundial por dopaje". July 31, 2003. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.