Anita (Facebook page, 02 Sep 2019)

Supporting Spanish football team Real Betis. (estadiodeportivo.com, 12 Feb 2021)

Athlete, Coach

Journalism - Complutense University of Madrid: Spain

Spanish

CE La Salle Gracia: Barcelona, ESP

Lucia Guisado [national], ESP

2014

In January 2021 she tore ligaments in her right ankle and fractured the fourth metatarsal bone in her left foot after falling on a trampoline at the High Performance Centre [CAR] in Madrid, Spain. She underwent surgery on her right ankle and was unable to walk for one month. She missed the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but was training again by September 2021. However, she was then advised to undergo a second operation which was scheduled for March 2022. She returned to training in September 2022 and to began competing again in February 2023. (rtve.es, 30 Mar 2021; estadiodeportivo.com, 12 Feb 2021; sevilla.abc.es, 02 Sep 2021; marca.com, 09 Feb 2023)

In December 2018 she required surgery to treat some cartilage in her right wrist. She had already undergone a similar procedure on her left wrist 10 months earlier after the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (rfegimnasia.es, 12 Dec 2018; gimnasialatina.com, 06 May 2018; deporteymujer.com, 02 Apr 2018; Twitter profile, 26 Mar 2018)

Between 2004 and 2008 she suffered five arm fractures, which required a total of three operations. (elcorreoweb.es, 22 Oct 2015)

She took up the sport at age five at Club Deportivo Gimnastico Hytasa in Seville, Spain.

Her brother trained in gymnastics before her. One day she went to the gym with him and enjoyed the sport immediately.

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (sevillaactualidad.com, 21 Jul 2021)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and being a member of the Spanish team that secured qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games. (sevillaactualidad.com, 21 Jul 2021)

Her family. (sevilladirecto.com, 08 Mar 2016)

"There is no favourable wind for those who don't know where they are going." (Instagram profile, 09 Sep 2019)

She was named Female U23 Athlete of the Year at the 2019 Admiral Sports Awards in Spain. (sevillabuenasnoticias.com, 30 Jan 2020)

In 2019 she was presented with the Best Athlete Award by the Municipal Institute of Sports in Seville, Spain. (imd.sevilla.org, 14 Feb 2019)

COMING BACK FROM INJURY
She missed the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo because of serious injury, and ended up being unable to compete for the next two years. She underwent surgery twice during this period, and also had two plates and 11 screws inserted into her foot. She returned to training in September 2022 and started competing again in February 2023. "I decided to undergo [the second] surgery only for life quality without thinking anything else. Just to have a normal life. Once I finished rehabilitation I felt animated and felt that my foot was going fine and I decided to come back. I missed gymnastics, I did not know if I could compete again or if it would last two or three months. It was a complete uncertainty but I wanted to try. I wanted to enjoy doing gymnastics because I did not want to retire due to injury. It was tough psychologically because I was at my best moment and suddenly I couldn't practise gymnastics. A year ago [2022] I thought about quitting the sport because I was not training. I felt I was not a gymnast anymore. A period of my life had gone and it was tough. Now I feel stronger and more mature." (marca.com, 09 Feb 2023; diariodesevilla.es, 07 Feb 2023)