Ona Carbonell

{{Short description|Spanish synchronized swimmer}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Ona Carbonell

| image = 25th Laureus World Sports Awards - Red Carpet - Ona Carbonell - 240422 185146-2.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Carbonell in 2024

| full_name = Ona Carbonell Ballestero

| strokes = Synchronized swimming

| club = CN Sabadell

| coach =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|6|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 54 kg

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Synchronized swimming}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}

{{MedalCount

|total=yes

|Olympic Games|0|1|1

|World Championships|1|11|11

|European Championships|3|6|3

}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 London|Duet}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Rome|Free combination}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Melbourne|Team free}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Rome|Team technical}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Rome|Team free}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Barcelona|Team technical}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Barcelona|Team free}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Barcelona|Routine combination}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Kazan|Solo technical routine}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Budapest|Solo technical routine}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Budapest|Solo free routine}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Gwangju|Solo technical routine}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Gwangju|Solo free routine}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Melbourne|Team technical}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Shanghai|Duet technical}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Shanghai|Duet free}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Shanghai|Team technical}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Shanghai|Team free}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Barcelona|Solo technical}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Barcelona|Duet technical}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Barcelona|Solo free}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Barcelona|Duet free}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Kazan|Solo free routine}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Gwangju|Highlight routine}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2008 Eindhoven|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Debrecen|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Debrecen|Combination}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Budapest|Duet}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Budapest|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Budapest|Combination}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Debrecen|Duet}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Berlin|Solo routine}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Berlin|Combination routine}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Berlin|Duet routine}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Berlin|Team routine}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Budapest|Team technical routine}}

}}

{{Family name hatnote|Carbonell|Ballestero|lang=Spanish}}

Ona Carbonell Ballestero (born 5 June 1990) is a Spanish synchronized swimmer.

Carbonell competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal in the women's duet, with Andrea Fuentes, and a bronze medal in the team event.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/ona-carbonell-1.html |title=Ona Carbonell |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235450/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/ona-carbonell-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}} She competed in the women's duet at the 2016 Summer Olympics, with Gemma Mengual, finishing in fourth place.

During her preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Carbonell gave birth in August 2020. Despite medical advice not to train for six months, Carbonell returned in four weeks and competed at the Olympics, where she came seventh in the team event.{{Cite news |last=Varley |first=Ciaran |title='I hope my story shows it's possible to be a mother and an athlete' |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/60595455 |access-date=2022-12-10}}{{Cite web |title=Ona Carbonell |url=https://insidesynchro.org/ona-carbonell/ |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Inside Synchro |language=en-US}} A documentary, Starting Over, was made of her grappling with the roles of mother and athlete.{{Cite web |title=BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-75af095e-21f7-41b0-9c5f-a96a5e0615c1 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} In December 2022 she was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women.