Carolina Marín

Carolina Marín
Marín in 2014
Personal information
Birth nameCarolina María Marín Martín
CountrySpain
Born (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993
Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Years active2009–present
HandednessLeft
CoachFernando Rivas
Women's singles
Career record515 wins, 144 losses
Highest ranking1 (11 June 2015)
Current ranking18 (11 March 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroWomen's singles
World Championships
2014 CopenhagenWomen's singles
2015 JakartaWomen's singles
2018 NanjingWomen's singles
2023 CopenhagenWomen's singles
European Games
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaWomen's singles
European Championships
2014 KazanWomen's singles
2016 La Roche-sur-YonWomen's singles
2017 KoldingWomen's singles
2018 HuelvaWomen's singles
2021 KyivWomen's singles
2022 MadridWomen's singles
2024 SaarbrückenWomen's singles
European Team Championships
2024 ŁódźWomen's team
2016 KazanWomen's team
2018 KazanWomen's team
World Junior Championships
2011 TaipeiGirls' singles
European Junior Championships
2011 VantaaGirls' singles
2009 MilanGirls' singles
BWF profile

Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, and eight-time European Champion. She once held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in women's singles for a total of 66 weeks. She has won the World Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2018, becoming the second women's singles player after Han Aiping to win the title three times. Marín is the only player in history to win at least seven gold medals in a single discipline of any continental championship (individual events), having won every European Championships title since 2014, and a European Games title in 2023. She also won the Olympic gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thereby becoming the only non-Asian female player to win a badminton gold medal at the Olympics.

Marín was appointed as the brand ambassador of football major LaLiga and Meliá Hotels International for its promotion in other countries. In 2024, Marín was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports.