The jumper formed in the Circus of the Sun

Debuts with a 12th place in the preliminaries in high-altitude jumps. She has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering and in her childhood and youth she practiced artistic gymnastics.

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Before debuting today at the Gwangju Swimming World Cup as a jumper, Celia Fernández (Madrid, 1988) spent her whole life dreaming of reaching another World Cup: that of artistic gymnastics. «It was the sport that I practiced during my childhood and youth [I got to have a scholarship from the CAR of Madrid]. I worked hard, but competing internationally was very difficult, very demanding. Over time, at university, I quit, ”he says and it is difficult to understand the traffic. From the ground to the heavens. In both places very complicated jumps, but so different ...

The key is in the company of Franco Dragone, one of the creators of the Circus of the Sun. Six years ago, Fernández appeared at some castings in Spain and ended up working on the show The House of dancing water in Macau, where one of his tasks was to perform artistic trampoline jumps. In his two seasons as part of the show, he raised the platform, until in his last functions he reached 17 meters. Then he left.