Full Name | Emma García García |
Nation | Spain |
Birthdate | January 13, 1999 |
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Status | Retired (Jul. 2024) |
Social Media | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram |
Career Highlights
World silver medalist in technical mixed duet (2023) and bronze medalist in highlight (2022)… European Champion in 2024 in free mixed duet… Seven-time European medalist (1G, 5S, 1B) overall… Swims in the mixed duet since 2019… Competed at three World Championships (2019, 2022, 2023) and five European Championships (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
2024: Won gold in the free mixed duet at the European Championships… Competed in three World Cups – Beijing (1B), Markham (1G) and Budapest (1G)… Served as reserve to the technical mixed duet all year… Missed the World Championships while recovering from a back injury… Announced her retirement in July.
2023: Focused mostly on the technical mixed duet all season… Earned silver in technical mixed duet at the World Championships… Also won silver in technical mixed duet at the European Games… Competed in four World Cup legs throughout the season – Markham, Montpellier, Soma Bay (1G) and Oviedo (1G)… Swam in the acrobatic team in Markham and Oviedo.
2022: Won bronze in highlight at the World Championships…. Also placed fourth in technical and free mixed duet there… Earned two silver medals in both mixed duet events at the European Championships… Competed in the entire FINA World Series circuit and the Super Final in Athens as well.
2021: Won two silver medals in technical and free mixed duet at the European Championships… Competed in three FINA World Series – USA virtual, Kazan, Canada virtual – and the Super Final in Barcelona.
2020: Swam at the French Open, the first and only stop of the world series for the season… Won two gold medals in technical and free mixed duets… Did not compete internationally thereafter due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of all meets.
2019: Moved to the mixed duet events all season with Pau Ribes… Placed fifth in free and sixth in technical mixed duets at the FINA World Championships… Won two silver medals in both events at the European Cup…Competed in three FINA World Series meets – Paris, Tokyo, Barcelona – and the Super Final in Budapest.
2018: First season on the senior national team… Limited early in the season due to recovering from an injury… Earned bronze at the European Championships in free combination… Served as alternate for the free and technical team routines at Euros… Competed in thee Madrid leg of the FINA World Series.