16 Notable alumni of
Saint Anthony Catholic University
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Saint Anthony Catholic University is 1996th in the world, 668th in Europe, and 32nd in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Saint Anthony Catholic University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Carolina Marín
- Enrolled in Saint Anthony Catholic University
- Studied physiotherapy
- Occupations
- badminton playerOlympic competitor
- Biography
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Carolina María Marín Martín is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, and eight-time European Champion. She once held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in women's singles for a total of 66 weeks. She has won the World Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2018, becoming the second women's singles player after Han Aiping to win the title three times. Marín is the only player in history to win at least seven gold medals in a single discipline of any continental championship (individual events), having won every European Championships title since 2014, and a European Games title in 2023. She also won the Olympic gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thereby becoming the only non-Asian female player to win a badminton gold medal at the Olympics.
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Mireia Belmonte
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She is the former world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly, 400 metre individual medley, 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and 1500 metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time.
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Saúl Craviotto
- Occupations
- kayakerpolice officer
- Biography
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Saúl Craviotto Rivero is a Spanish police officer and sprint kayaker who has been racing since the mid-2000s. He has won six Olympic medals: a gold medal (with Carlos Pérez) in the K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a silver medal in the K-1 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, a gold medal (with Cristian Toro) in the K-2 200 m event and a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a silver medal (with Marcus Cooper, Carlos Arévalo and Rodrigo Germade) in the K-4 500 m event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a bronze medal (with Carlos Arévalo, Marcus Cooper, and Rodrigo Germade) in the K-4 500 m event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He served as the flag bearer for Spain at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics and at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympics.
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Xuso Jones
- Occupations
- composersingersinger-songwriterinfluencerpresenter
- Biography
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Jesús Segovia Pérez, better known by his stage name Xuso Jones, is a Spanish singer and composer.
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Lydia Valentín
- Occupations
- weightlifter
- Biography
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Lydia Valentín Pérez is a Spanish retired weightlifter, Olympic Champion, 2 time World Champion and 4 time European Champion competing in the 75 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. Lydia has won three Olympic Medals (Silver in 2008, Gold in 2012 and Bronze in 2016), two World Weightlifting Championships (2017 and 2018), as well as four European Weightlifting Championships.
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Teresa Portela
- Occupations
- physiotherapistkayaker
- Biography
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María Teresa Portela Rivas is a Spanish sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Portela competed in seven Summer Olympics, earning a silver medal on her sixth games at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Women's K-1 200 m. Previously she finished fourth on one occasion (2012 Summer Olympics: Women's K-1 200 m) and fifth on three occasions (2004: K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m; 2008: K-4 500 m).
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Pablo Abián
- Occupations
- badminton playeruniversity teacherOlympic competitornon-fiction writerphysical education teacher
- Biography
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Pablo Abián Vicén is a Spanish badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games, 2018 and 2022 Mediterranean Games.
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Miguel Ángel López
- Occupations
- athletics competitorracewalker
- Biography
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Miguel Ángel López Nicolás is a Spanish racewalker. He won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2015 World Championships and the silver in 2013. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth, and the 50 km walk at the 2016 Olympics, where he was one of 11 walkers who did not finish amid "punishingly hot and humid conditions".
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Fátima Gálvez
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Fátima Gálvez Marín is a Spanish sport shooter. She was the World champion in the individual trap event at the 2015 World Shotgun Championships, and won the Olympic champion in the team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Jessica Vall Montero
- Occupations
- swimmerbiologist
- Biography
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Jessica Vall Montero is a Spanish competitive swimmer and breaststroke specialist. She has a degree in Biomedicine from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and has worked at Barcelona's Biomedical Research Center. She swims for Club Natació Sant Andreu, where she has trained for over five years with her coach Jordi Jou, ex-elite swimmer also for C.N. Sant Andreu. Besides elite training, she is also working towards her master's degree in Bioethics from the Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM).
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Leonor Rodríguez
- Enrolled in Saint Anthony Catholic University
- 2019-2022 graduated with bachelor's degree in nutrition
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Leonor del Pilar Rodríguez Manso is a Spanish international basketball player for Perfumerías Avenida and the Spanish national team.
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Ángela Pumariega
- Enrolled in Saint Anthony Catholic University
- Studied in 2018-2019
- Occupations
- sailor
- Biography
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Ángela Pumariega Menéndez is a Spanish sailor. She won the gold medal in sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class, in the crew led by Támara Echegoyen and accompanied by Sofía Toro.
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María Araújo
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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María Pérez Araújo, known professionally as María Araújo is a Spanish basketball player for Uni Girona CB. She was the MVP at the 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, where the Spain women's national under-20 basketball team won the gold medal. In November 2017 she received her first call-up for the senior national team. In 2018 she signed for Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków. In 2019 she signed for Spanish team Uni Girona CB.
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Leire Olaberria
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro; born 17 February 1977) is a Spanish racing cyclist from the Basque Country. She won the Bronze medal in the Women's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing behind Marianne Vos (Netherlands) and Yoanka González (Cuba).
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Juan Manuel Molina Morote
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Juan Manuel Molina Morote is a male former race walker from Spain. He represented Spain at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. His foremost achievement was a bronze medal in the 20 km walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. He competed at seven consecutive editions of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, first appearing in 1999 and making his last outing in 2012.
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Andreu Blanes
- Occupations
- orienteer
- Biography
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Andreu Blanes Reig is a Spanish orienteering competitor and long-distance runner. He was born in Onil. He won a silver medal in sprint at the 2011 Junior World Orienteering Championships, and placed fourth in the relay. He competed at the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Latvia, where he placed seventh in the sprint final. He has competed in the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 World Orienteering Championships. His best World Championship result before 2018 was a seventh place in the sprint at the 2015 World Orienteering Championships.
