Sara Bayón
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Sara Bayón (born 19 May 1981) is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast, former team coach of the Spanish national rhythmic gymnastics group, and current coach of the French group. She is the only Spanish gymnast who has been world champion as an athlete and as a coach, being world champion in 3 ribbons and 2 hoops in Seville 1998, and as a coach, in 10 clubs in Kyiv 2013 and Izmir 2014.[1]
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Full name | Sara Bayón Martínez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1981-05-19) 19 May 1981 (age 43) Palencia, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 1997–1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Club Gimnasia Rítmica Palencia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | María Fernández Ostolaza, Nancy Usero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As coach of the Spanish group, she has also participated in three Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016), always together with Anna Baranova, her greatest achievement as coach being the silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. During this period the group was known as the "Equipaso". At the start of her gymnastics' career, she was also individual national runner-up in the pre-junior category (1993) and runner-up in as a junior (1996), and in group mode she was a Spanish junior (1994) and youth champion (1995 and 1996) with the Club Gimnasia Rítmica Palencia.