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, while with the group she won bronze in both in the All-Around and with 4 hoops + 4 clubs at the 1993 European Championships in Bucharest.

Career

Borrell trained as a rhythmic gymnast at the ''Escuela de Competición'' of Murcia. In 1991, she entered the national team as a junior individual gymnast, participating in the European Junior Championships in

, where she won the bronze medal in the team category together with Rosabel Espinosa, Bárbara Plaza and substitute Peligros Piñero, as well as the bronze medal in the clubs final. That same year she won the bronze medal in the honor category at the Spanish Championship, held in Torrevieja, where she finished behind

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and Mónica Ferrández. In 1993 she became part of the senior national team. That year Ana Roncero became the national team manager and María Fernández Ostolaza joined the team as coach. The renewed starting group for that year was made up of Carolina, Alicia Martín, Cristina Martínez, Maider Olleta, Bárbara Plaza and Pilar Rodrigo, with María Álvarez and Regina Guati as substitutes. Lorena Barbadillo, Paula Cabo and Eva Velasco were also in the group. In the

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, the Spanish group won the bronze medal in the All-Around and in the 4 hoops + 4 clubs' final, and the 6th place with 6 ropes. She retired after this championship.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Borrell, Carolina Living people Spanish rhythmic gymnasts Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships 20th-century Spanish sportswomen Year of birth missing (living people)