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Country represented | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | January 3, 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Vicente Lopez, Argentina [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 4 ft 8 in (142 cm) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Circulo Gimnastico Norte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Agustina Mignone (2008–present) [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martina Dominici (born 3 January 2002) [4] is an Argentine artistic gymnast. As a junior, she was the first non-European and the first Argentinian gymnast to win the TopGym, a famous junior competition held in Belgium. A senior gymnast since 2018, she has represented Argentina at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships as well as the 2019 Pan American Games. [5] She is currently suspended for 3 years after testing positive for a banned substance in the 2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships [6]
Dominici qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in women's artistic gymnastics. [7] On 23 June 2021, it was reported that Dominici had tested positive for a banned substance, which resulted in her exclusion from the 2020 Summer Olympics. [8] She accepted a three-year period of ineligibility that began on 21 June 2021. [9]
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