Miguel Rayderley Zapata Santana[lower-alpha 1] (born May 26, 1993) is a Spanish male artistic gymnast of Dominican Republic origin, and a member of the national team. He won the gold medal in the men's floor exercise at the 2015 European Games, and bronze at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.[2] Zapata was also selected to compete for the Spanish squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, missing out of the final by almost two tenths of a point from the qualifying phase of his signature apparatus exercise.[1][3] Zapata won a silver medal for Spain in the men's floor exercise event of the artistic gymnastics competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[4]

Rayderley Zapata
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Rayderley Zapata Santana
Country represented	Spain
Born	(1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 29) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Residence	Las Palmas, Spain
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)[1]
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	2015
Club	Isla Lanzarote
Head coach(es)	Fernando Siscar
Eponymous skills	Zapata (floor) - double front tucked 1½ twist (G [0.7]) Zapata 2 (floor) - double front layout 1½ twist (I [0.9])
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Floor Exercise World Championships 2015 Glasgow Floor Exercise European Games 2015 Baku Floor Exercise Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Team 2018 Tarragona Floor Exercise

Zapata also has one of the three most difficult elements in men's artistic gymnastics named after him called the Zapata 2 on floor, or double front layout with 11⁄2 twist, with the other two elements are the Miyachi on high bar and Nagornyy on floor to be assigned the highest difficulty value of I (0.9). Zapata also owns the Zapata on floor, which is a double front tucked with 11⁄2 twist and assigned a difficulty value of G (0.7).

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