Isabel Benavente
Spanish rhythmic gymnast
Isabel Benavente, is a former Spanish rhythmic gymnast.
History
The origin of Spanish rhythmic gymnastics in terms of high competition came from the Julio Ruiz de Alda Higher School of Female Physical Education, the Almudena in Madrid. Isabel Benavente, Rosa Ascaso and Rosa Jiménez participated in the World Championship in Budapest in 1963. In 1974, the Spanish Gymnastics Federation, chaired by Félix Fernández, created the national rhythmic gymnastics team to be able to participate in the World Championship. World of Madrid in 1975 and in the European Championship of Madrid in 1978. The first national selector was the Bulgarian Ivanka Tchakarova. She held that position from 1974 to 1978, and was helped as coaches by Carmen Algora and, at first, also by Teresa de Isla. At first they trained at the National Sports Delegation, later moving to the Moscardó Gymnasium in Madrid. In 1975, the first Spanish Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held, and in November, the World Championship in Madrid, which was a resounding success for Spanish rhythmic gymnastics, achieving six medals in both group and individual modalities. In 1979, Tchakarova was relieved as coach by the Bulgarian Meglena Atanasova, who would remain until 1981.
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