27 Facts About Rayderley Zapata

Miguel Rayderley Zapata Santana was born on 26 May 1993 and is a Spanish-Domincan artistic gymnast.

Rayderley Zapata is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist on the floor exercise.

Rayderley Zapata is the 2015 World bronze medalist and the 2015 European Games champion on the floor exercise.

Rayderley Zapata competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh on the floor exercise.

At the 2014 Cottbus World Cup, Zapata won his first FIG World Cup medal- a bronze on the vault.

Rayderley Zapata finished eighth on the floor exercise at the 2014 World Championships.

At the 2015 European Championships, Rayderley Zapata initially placed sixth in the floor exercise, but he was allowed to repeat his routine due to a timing error.

Rayderley Zapata then received a score that would have won the bronze medal, but the judges later added an out-of-bounds deduction they initially missed, and he ultimately finished fifth.

Rayderley Zapata then won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2015 European Games.

Rayderley Zapata won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2016 Cottbus World Cup behind Japan's Naoto Hayasaka.

Rayderley Zapata helped the Spanish team finish eighth at the 2016 European Championships.

Rayderley Zapata then represented Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the second reserve for the floor exercise final.

Rayderley Zapata finished sixth on the floor exercise at the 2017 European Championships.

Rayderley Zapata returned to competition after a torn Achilles tendon at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and won gold medals with the Spanish team and on the floor exercise.

Rayderley Zapata won bronze medals on the floor exercise at the 2018 World Challenge Cups in Guimaraes and Paris.

Rayderley Zapata tied with Great Britain's Dominick Cunningham for the floor exercise bronze medal at the 2019 Melbourne World Cup.

Rayderley Zapata won another floor exercise bronze medal at the 2019 Baku World Cup.

Rayderley Zapata won silver medals at the Doha and Cottbus World Cups.

Rayderley Zapata won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2021 Doha World Cup.

Rayderley Zapata secured an Olympic berth with his results from the prior two years of the FIG World Cup series.

Rayderley Zapata helped the Spanish team finish eighth at the 2022 European Championships.

Rayderley Zapata was the first reserve for the floor exercise final.

The wheel on their van exploded, causing it to roll over multiple times, but Rayderley Zapata was not severely injured.

Rayderley Zapata was selected to represent Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Nestor Abad, Thierno Diallo, Nicolau Mir, and Joel Plata.

Rayderley Zapata stepped out of bounds during the floor final and finished in seventh place.

Rayderley Zapata has two difficult tumbling passes named after him in the Code of Points.

Rayderley Zapata has a daughter Olympia, born in 2021, and a son Kayro, born in 2023, with his wife Susana.