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| Ona
CARBONELL |
| Sport |
Artistic Swimming |
| NOC |
Spain
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| Gender | Women |
| Born | 05 Jun 1990
in Barcelona, ESP |
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Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up artistic swimming at age 10 after switching from gymnastics. Her first club was CN Kallipollis in Barcelona, Spain. |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Design, Fashion Design - School of Design [ESDI]: Barcelona, ESP |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
She thought the sport was a good way to combine the artistic component of gymnastics with swimming. |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"The good ones complain, but the best ones adapt." (rtve.es, 11 Oct 2021) |
Other information |
MOTHER
She became a mother for the first time in 2020. She resumed training shortly after, and was part of the Spanish artistic swimming team that competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "There are not many cases of elite sportswomen who have returned so fast to training and in this state. I wanted to come back after giving birth as a sports challenge, but also as a personal challenge." (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Jan 2022; elpais.com, 12 May 2021, 30 Jan 2021; as.com, 05 Aug 2020)
COACH SUPPORT
She claims the Spanish artistic swimming team at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, was the best she has ever competed with and that a lot of the credit should go to the coach, Mayuko Fujiki. "For a long time Mayu was like a mother to me. She's the coach I've been with the longest in my life. She has evolved a lot and has absorbed all of the good things from different schools in Japan, the United States of America, Spain, and the People's Republic of China. She is very demanding, but with her you're always calm because you know the path you are going to take is the right one. As an athlete that is good. You suffer, but you know that it's for something, everything is calculated. She helps a lot with the choreographies. With Mayu we speak the same language. I feel very supported by the team, and for me it's the best team I've been with because it's a team in every sense of the word." (efe.com, 11 Jul 2019)
GASTRONOMY ADVISOR
In 2018 she was the winner of the reality TV show Celebrity Master Chef in Spain. Afterwards she became interested in the gastronomy industry and took on the role of an advisor of a Japanese restaurant in Madrid, Spain, which is owned by some childhood friends. She designs seasonal dishes alongside the restaurant's executive chef. "We meet every six months to design the dishes, in which I contribute with my creative and innovative focus. As I have travelled a lot I contribute with ideas and textures which I have learned first-hand from other great chefs. This project could not be better for me. I love Japanese food. I've been in Japan several times, I have Japanese friends, my son has a Japanese name, my coach is Japanese. I am very happy of spending time away from the pool to do things like this. I always said that high performance sport was the toughest profession in the world but I now realised that gastronomy and the restaurant industry are tougher. The professionals work plenty of hours under a lot of pressure, and there is a lot of competition." (revistavanityfair.es, 28 Nov 2021)
BOOKS
In 2016 she released a book titled 'Three Minutes, Forty Seconds', in which she talks about her life as an athlete. The title is a reference to the length of her duet routine at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where she won a silver medal. In 2019 she published another book titled 'Elena Sirena' [Elena the Mermaid], which is a series of short stories for children related to her life experiences. "I've had an artistic swimming summer camp and lots of girls aged six to 17 years old come from all over the world. They love to listen to my stories and this book is a nice and educational way to say, 'You're not alone, sport isn't easy, but it's great'. I'm already working on a second book." (elmundo.es, 26 May 2019; sport.es, 14 Sep 2016; elpais.com, 14 Sep 2016)
TRAINING CAMP
She runs Campus Ona Carbonell, an artistic swimming training camp in La Garriga, Spain. (campusonacarbonell.com, 01 Jul 2021) |
Awards and honours |
In 2019 she received the Gold and Diamonds Badge of the Spanish Swimming Federation. (cordobabn.com, 05 Oct 2019)
In 2013 she was presented with the Silver Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in Spain. (laureus.es, 01 Jan 2013)
In 2013 and 2017 she was named Catalan Female Athlete of the Year in Spain. (beteve.cat, 24 Jan 2018; onacarbonell90.com, 01 Jan 2014) |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
Catalan, English, Spanish |
Residence |
Barcelona, ESP |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Mermaid of Barcelona (rio2016.com, 03 Mar 2016) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning silver in duet at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (Facebook page, 05 Dec 2018) |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Partner Pablo Ibanez, son Kai [2020] |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Cooking. (mundodeportivo.com, 07 Aug 2020) |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Advisor, Athlete, Author |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
CN Sabadell: Spain |
Name of coach |
Mayuko Fujiki [national], JPN; Juan Jose Andujar [fitness] |
Training Regime |
She trains for up to 10 hours a day, six days a week, at the High Performance Centre [CAR] in Sant Cugat, Spain. |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 7 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
Team |
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| 5 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
Duet |
186.636 |
| 2 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
Duet |
192.900 |
| 3 |
2012 |
London, ENG |
Team |
193.120 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Solo Technical Routine |
95.500 |
| 2 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Solo Free Routine |
94.566 |
| 3 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Team Highlights |
91.133 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Duet Free Routine |
91.700 |
| 6 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
Team Free Routine |
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| 2 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Solo Free Routine |
95.033 |
| 2 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Solo Technical Routine |
93.653 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Free Routine Combination |
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| 5 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Duet Free Routine |
91.733 |
| 5 |
2017 |
Budapest, HUN |
Duet Technical Routine |
90.750 |
| 2 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Solo Technical Routine |
93.128 |
| 3 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Solo Free Routine |
94.900 |
| 5 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Duet Free Routine |
92.233 |
| 5 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
Duet Technical Routine |
90.016 |
| 3 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Solo Free Routine |
94.290 |
| 3 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Solo Technical Routine |
94.400 |
| 2 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Free Routine Combination |
94.620 |
| 3 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Duet Free Routine |
94.990 |
| 3 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Duet Technical Routine |
93.800 |
| 2 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team Free Routine |
94.230 |
| 2 |
2013 |
Barcelona, ESP |
Team Technical Routine |
94.400 |
| 3 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Duet Technical Routine |
95.400 |
| 3 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Team Technical Routine |
96.000 |
| 4 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Free Routine Combination |
95.740 |
| 3 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Team Free Routine |
96.150 |
| 3 |
2011 |
Shanghai, CHN |
Duet Free Routine |
96.500 |
| 2 |
2009 |
Rome, ITA |
Team Free Routine |
98.167 |
| 2 |
2009 |
Rome, ITA |
Team Technical Routine |
97.833 |
| 1 |
2009 |
Rome, ITA |
Free Routine Combination |
98.333 |
| 3 |
2007 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
Team Technical Routine |
97.167 |
| 4 |
2007 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
Free Routine Combination |
96.334 |
| 2 |
2007 |
Melbourne, VIC, AUS |
Team Free Routine |
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European Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 6 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
Duet Technical Routine |
86.954 |
| 3 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team Technical Routine |
89.770 |
| 2 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team Free Routine |
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| 2 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
Solo |
185.477 |
| 3 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
Team |
182.480 |
| 3 |
2014 |
Berlin, GER |
Duet |
181.233 |
| 2 |
2012 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Duet |
95.980 |
| 1 |
2012 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Team |
96.210 |
| 1 |
2012 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Free Routine Combination |
95.600 |
| 2 |
2010 |
Budapest, HUN |
Duet |
96.700 |
| 2 |
2010 |
Budapest, HUN |
Team |
96.900 |
| 1 |
2008 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Free Routine Combination |
97.900 |
| 1 |
2008 |
Eindhoven, NED |
Team |
97.800 |
FINA World Trophy |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2013 |
Mexico City, MEX |
Total |
373.833 |
| 1 |
2010 |
Moscow, RUS |
Total |
389.375 |
| 1 |
2008 |
Madrid, ESP |
Total |
396.666 |
| 2 |
2007 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
Total |
295.000 |
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