Alicia Marín

Alicia Marín Martínez (born 17 April 1997 in Madrid) is a Spanish recurve archer.^[1]

Alicia Marín

Personal information
Full name	Alicia Marín Martínez
Born	(1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Archery
Event	recurve
Medal record Women's archery Representing  Spain European Games 2015 Baku Individual
Updated on 30 November 2019

^[2] She has competed for Spain at the Summer Youth Olympics, World Archery Championships, the Archery World Cup, and the European Games, winning a bronze medal in the latter in 2015.

Career

2014-2016

Marín competed in her first senior tournament in 2014 at the European Outdoor Championships in Armenia, defeating Russia's Inna Stepanova in the bronze medal match to earn her maiden senior archery medal.^[3]

In 2015 Marín was selected to compete in three events at the inaugural European Games held in Baku in June. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual competition, reaching the semi-finals after finishing the 72-arrow round in nineteenth place. A loss to Denmark's Maja Jager in the semi-finals relegated her to the bronze medal match, where she defeated Evangelia Psarra of Greece to claim the final position on the podium.^[4] Marín's participation in her two other events however proved less successful. The women's team event saw Marín and her teammates Adriana Martín and Miriam Alarcón eliminated in the first round to Belarus, while the progress of her partnership with Miguel Alvarino Garcia in the mixed team competition event stalled at the quarter-finals with a loss to Georgia.^[5] The World Archery Championships held in Copenhagen in July also brought little success, with Marín suffering an opening round defeat in the individual competition after failing to resist a comeback from Japan's Yuki Hayashi.^[6]

Marín began 2016 with successes on the national stage, breaking the Spanish record for a 30-arrow round and the European record for the 18-metre round at the Spanish Archery Championships in Torremolinos in February.^[7] She however narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics held later in the year. One of two Spaniards to reach the quarter-finals of the final Olympic qualification tournament, which allocated the final six positions available for the women's individual event, she was defeated by Alexandra Mîrca of Moldova in straight sets. The single position open to Spain went to Adriana Martín, who traveled to Rio de Janeiro as the sole female Spanish archer.^[8][9]

2017-2019

Marín started the 2017 season strongly, winning her first Archery World Cup medal at the tournament's second stage in Antalya. Alongside Pablo Acha she defeated the United States in the mixed team event's third-place match to win bronze medal, a result that Marín admitted was "not the goal but it happened, so we were definitely more than happy with it".^[10] She followed her medal with a fourth-placed finish in the women's individual event at the third stage hosted in Salt Lake City, defeating 2012 Olympic medalist Aída Román before losing to 2016 Olympic medalists Tan Ya-ting in the semi-finals and Choi Mi-sun in the bronze medal match.^[11][12] Her performances allowed her to qualify for her maiden Archery World Cup final in Rome, where she was defeated by Russia's Ksenia Perova, the world number two, in the quarter-finals.^[13]

The 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona was a successful tournament for Spain's team of archers, with each member achieving a medal result. Marín earned a silver medal in the women's team event with Mónica Galisteo and Nerea López, the trio losing to France in the final.^[14]

One year later, Marín suffered another first round defeat at the World Archery Championships' women's individual event in June, losing to Elizabeth Bidaure of the Philippines. She fared little better in the women's team event, the trio of Marín, Elia Canales, and Mónica Galisteo defeating Vietnam in the opening round but faced what Marca called the "theoretically unbeatable" South Korea in the second round.^[15] Later that month at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Marín finished thirteenth in the ranking round and was paired with Denmark's Maja Jager in her first elimination match. In a repeat of their semi-final at the 2015 European Games, Jager proved stronger and defeated Marín by six set points to four, Marín failing to maintain her performance from the ranking round.^[16]

References

1. "Alicia Marín". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
2. "Diploma olímpico para Alicia Marín en tiro con arco". MARCA.com. 22 August 2014. from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
3. Ortiz García, Jesús. "Alicia Marín, de la chica tímida a la arquera voraz" [Alicia Marín, from the shy girl to the voracious archer]. Avance Deportivo (in Spanish). from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
4. Ortiz García, Jesús. "Alicia Marín, flechas de bronce en Baku" [Alicia Marín, bronze arrows in Baku]. Avance Deportivo (in Spanish). from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
5. "Miriam Alarcón pierde con España en primera ronda" [Miriam Alarcón loses with Spain in the first round]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). EFE. 18 June 2015. from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
6. "España se queda sin representación en el Mundial femenino de tiro con arco" [Spain remains without representation in the Women's World Archery]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 July 2015. from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
7. "Alicia Marín bate el récord de Europa en el Campeonato de España de Tiro con Arco de Torremolinos" [Alicia Marín breaks the European record in the Torremolinos Spanish Archery Championship]. Ayuntamiento de Torremolinos (in Spanish). 7 February 2016. from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
8. Wells, Chris (17 June 2016). "Last 11 Olympic places awarded in Antalya". World Archery Federation. from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
9. Pérez, Marta (17 June 2016). "Adriana Martín obtiene plaza para Río en tiro con arco" [Adriana Martín obtains a place for Rio in archery]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
10. Vasquez, Andrea (20 June 2017). "Meet the mixed team: Pablo and Alicia". World Archery Federation. from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
11. Vasquez, Andrea (23 June 2017). "Marin makes 1st medal match on World Cup circuit". World Archery Federation. from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
12. "Alicia Marín y Andrea Marcos estarán en la gran final de Roma" [Alicia Marín and Andrea Marcos will be in Rome's grand final] (in Spanish). 1 September 2017. from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
13. "La española Alicia Marín y la mexicana Alejandra Valencia caen en cuartos" [Spaniard Alicia Marín and Mexican Alejandra Valencia fall in quarter-finals]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). EFE. 3 September 2017. from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
14. Martínez, Alberto (24 June 2018). "El tiro con arco da en la diana: cuatro medallas de colofón" [Archery hits the target: four medals]. Diario AS (in Spanish). from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
15. Campos, Tomás (11 June 2019). "El equipo femenino español de arco recurvo buscará un 'milagro olímpico' frente a Corea" [The Spanish women's recurve archery team will look for an 'Olympic miracle' against Korea]. Marca (in Spanish). from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
16. "Alicia Marín se despide de Minsk 2019" [Alicia Marín says goodbye to Minsk 2019] (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Español. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

External links

• Alicia Marín at the World Archery Federation
• Alicia Marin Martinez at Olympics.com
• Alicia Marín Martínez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)