Iratxe Aurrekoetxea

Iratxe Aurrekoetxea Urrutikoetxea (born 18 December 1969) is a retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast and coach.

Iratxe began training at a school in the Vitoria City Council, which was soon renamed Club IVEF.

During this stage she trained, together with Aurora Fernández del Valle, outstanding gymnasts such as Lorena Barbadillo, María Ereñaga, Almudena Cid, Tania Lamarca and Estíbaliz Martínez, who would later be part of the Spanish group.

At the CAR of San Cugat she returned to train Almudena for 8 years, supervisioning developing her preparation for the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

[2] In addition, Iratxe has subsequently trained other international gymnasts with the Spanish team in the same place, such as Nuria Velasco, Esther Escolar, Nuria Artigues, Marina Fernández, Adelina Fominykh, Júlia Usón, Clara Esquerdo and Natalia García.