Alejandra Valencia
Alejandra Valencia Trujillo (born 17 October 1994) is a Mexican archer.
Career
[edit]She won two gold medals the 2011 Pan American Games — women's team and women's individual.[3] She won bronze at 2011 World Archery Youth Championships recurve cadet women's individual.
Olympic Games
[edit]Valencia competed both in London 2012 and in Rio 2016. In London, at the age of 17, she lost the 1/16 eliminations in the individual competition,[4] while Mexico was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the women's team competition against Japan.[5]
In the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Valencia got all the way to the semi-finals, where she lost to German silver medalist Lisa Unruh. Valencia also lost the bronze medal match against gold medalist from London 2012 Ki Bo-Bae, which placed her in fourth place.[6] In the team competition, Mexico once again was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[7]
She has qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[8] and has won the bronze medal together with Luis Álvarez in the first ever mixed archery event in the olympics.[9]
Two months later, she won the silver medal in the women's team event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Valencia's parents are Elizabeth Trujillo and Francisco Valencia.[11][12] She is a fan of Japanese anime.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alejandra Valencia". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Alejandra Valencia". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Pelayo, Alejandro (24 October 2011). "Unlikely career of Alejandra Valencia". ESPN. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Women's Archery results, London 2012". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Women's Team results, London 2012". London 2012. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Women's Individual - Standings". Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Women's Team Quarterfinal". Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016.
- ^ Wells, Chris (25 January 2020). "Alejandra Valencia named to Mexican team for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". World Archery. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Republic of Korea wins gold in the first ever mixed team archery event in the Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Triple title sweep for Korean recurve teams in Yankton". World Archery. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Juegos Olímpicos: Familia de Alejandra Valencia pasa odisea para ver a su hija competir en Río 2016" [Olympic Games: Alejandra Valencia's family undertakes odyssey to see her daughter compete in Rio 2016]. Al Día (in Spanish). Agencia Reforma. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Borrón y cuenta nueva para Ale: Madre de Valencia". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "El manga flechó a la campeona | Historias Ambulantes". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1994 births
- Living people
- Mexican female archers
- Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Olympic archers for Mexico
- Sportspeople from Sonora
- Sportspeople from Hermosillo
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in archery
- Summer World University Games medalists in archery
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in archery
- Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico
- 21st-century Mexican women
- Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics