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Carolina Marín
Women's Singles
ESP
Legend
Retired
Olympic gold 2016. Three-time World Champion. Only European to win an Olympic singles title.
Profile
- Country
- Spain
- Born
- 1993-06-15 (32 yrs)
- Height
- 172 cm
- Weight
- 65 kg
- Handed
- Left
- Best BWF rank
- #1 WS 2015-06-11
- BWF
- Profile
- Wikipedia
- Carolina Mar%C3%ADn
Aggressive left-hand attack · pace
Honours · golds
1×
Olympic gold
3×
World title
Career record
78.1% win rate
· 659 matches
Career highlights
- Rio 2016 Olympic WS gold
- 2014 World Championships gold
- 2015 World Championships gold
- 2018 World Championships gold
- 7x European Championships gold (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
- Former BWF World No. 1 (66 weeks at #1)
- Retired 2026-03-26 after multiple ACL injuries
Gear
String
Yonex Aerobite
Lone European in a sport long dominated by Asian programs — won gold in Rio 2016 with a screaming, fist-pumping intensity that shifted how women's singles is played. Two ACL injuries (2019 right knee, 2024 left knee in the Paris semifinal) cost her two more Olympic shots. The headline of her career is resilience, not just titles.
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