At the 1996 World Championships, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jesús Carballo won Spain its first medal at the World Championships, a gold on horizontal bar. At the 2002 World Championships Elena Gómez became the first female Spanish gymnast to win a World Championships medal, winning gold on floor exercise. At that same World Championships Gervasio Deferr had initially won the silver medal on men's floor exercise; however he was stripped of the medal the following year after testing positive for marijuana.
Medalists MedalNameYearEvent Jesús Carballo 1996 San Juan Men's horizontal bar Jesús Carballo 1997 Lausanne Men's horizontal bar Gervasio Deferr 1999 Tianjin Men's floor exercise Jesús Carballo Men's horizontal bar Elena Gómez 2002 Debrecen Women's floor exercise Elena Gómez 2003 Anaheim Women's floor exercise Gervasio Deferr 2007 Stuttgart Men's floor exercise Rayderley Zapata 2015 Glasgow Men's floor exercise
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