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Nancy Usero

Spanish rhythmic gymnast

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ18817054
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Nancy Usero is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast, member of the national group. She was also national head coach from 1998 to 2001.

Biography

Usero took up the sport at Escuela de Gimnasia Rítmica of Zaragoza. In 1982 she won bronze in the 2nd category of the Spanish Championships in Palencia. She became part of the Spanish national group, she would train at the Moscardó Gymnasium in Madrid under the orders of the national team coach Emilia Boneva and the group coach, Ana Roncero, Georgi Neykov was the team's choreographer. In 1984 she won the bronze medal in the all-around competition at the European Championships in Vienna along Pilar Domenech, María Fernández, Virginia Manzanera, Eva Obalat and Graciela Yanes, with Rocío Ducay and Ofelia Rodríguez as substitutes. After this achievement, they were all awarded the Medal of Gymnastic Merit of 1984 from the Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation that was given to them in 1985 in a ceremony presided over by Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duke of Cádiz, then president of the COE.

At the 1985 World Championships in Valladolid the group was 7th in the All-Around along Pilar Domenech, Eva Obalat, Ofelia Rodríguez, María Fernández and Graciela Yanes, in addition to Ester Domínguez, Rocío Ducay, Laura Manzanera and Estela Martín as substitutes.

After her retirement, she served as technical director of the Aragonese Gymnastics Federation and prepared gymnasts at her childhood club, eventually training Esther Domínguez from 1994 until she was called by the individuals national coach Mar Lozano.

In 1997, Nancy was selected as head of the national junior group. In September 1998, she was named national head coach for groups, replacing María Fernández Ostolaza.

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The public source identifies “Nancy Usero” as spanish rhythmic gymnast. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nancy, Usero and Spanish.

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This entry incorporates text from Nancy Usero” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.