| Carolina Pascual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 17, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carolina Pascual Gracia (born June 17, 1976 in Orihuela, Alicante, Spain) was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Pascual was doing ballet when at age seven her ballet teacher told her mother that her daughter had excellent qualities for Rhythmic Gymnastics. There was not a club in her town so, her mother drove for around an hour to get Pascual to and from training sessions at the Escuela de Competición in Murcia. Pascual later went to the Atlético Montemar in Alicante.
All the sacrifices that were made paid off when in 1990 Emilia Boneva selected her for the National Team. Pascual was one of Spain's most successful Rhythmic Gymnasts, and the first to get an Olympic medal. As a gymnast she stands out because of her difficult and expressive routines. Pascual retired from the sport after the Alicante World Championships in 1993. She is now a coach, at Club IMD in Orihuela.