Alejandra Valencia Trujillo (born 17 October 1994) is a Mexican archer.
Career
editShe 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
editValencia 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
editValencia'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.
