Celia Barquín Arozamena

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Celia Barquín Arozamena (born July 6, 1996 in Puente San Miguel , Reocín , Spain ; † found dead on September 17, 2018 in Ames , Iowa , United States ) was a Spanish golfer . Her greatest achievement was winning the title at the European Amateur Championships in 2018.

Life

Celia Barquin Arozamena studied civil engineering at Iowa State University , where she was on the college's golf team. From 2011 she took part in international youth tournaments. In 2014 she was a member of the Spanish team at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, and took 12th place in the individual competition and 17th place in the team competition. Her first tournament victory was in 2017 at the Copa Match Play Comunidad Valenciana . 2018 was her most successful year. In April she won the Big 12 Conference in Dallas, Texas, and at the end of July, the European Amateur Championships in Senica, Slovakia, with a course record. She also qualified for the United States Women's Open Championship , but failed here on the cut . She was ranked 69th among women golfers in the United States by Golfweek magazine . These successes made her eligible to compete in the Women's British Open in 2019 . Her university named her “Sportswoman of the Year 2018”.

Police discovered her body on September 17, 2018 on a golf course in Ames. After initial investigations, which revealed stab wounds to the upper body, neck and head, the authorities assumed a homicide and arrested a suspect. The suspect, 22-year-old Collin Richards, pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder of Arozamena in June 2019. On August 23, 2019, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of results of the individual competition for girls in golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games on the homepage of the International Golf Federation (English). Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Result list of the team competition in golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games on the homepage of the International Golf Federation (English). Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  3. ^ A b Iowa State mourns the loss of Celia Barquín Arozamena. Obituary on the Iowa State University homepage on September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ Celia Barquin Wins European Ladies' Amateur Championship. Announcement on the homepage of the European Golf Association , July 28, 2018 (English). Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ European champion found murdered on the golf course. In: Welt.de , September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ European golf champion Celia Barquin Arozamena found murdered on golf course. In: Berliner Zeitung , September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ European champion found dead on golf course - suspect arrested. In: tz.de , September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Amateur European champion found dead on golf course. In: Spiegel Online , September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  9. ↑ Details emerge in 'extremely troubling' slaying of golf champion Celia Barquín. In: CNN , September 18, 2018 (English). Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  10. ↑ Celia Barquin Arozamena: Life imprisonment for murder of European golf champion. In: Spiegel Online, August 24, 2019. Accessed August 24, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Barquín Arozamena, Celia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish golfer
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Puente San Miguel , Reocín , Spain
DATE OF DEATH before September 17, 2018
Place of death Ames , Iowa , United States