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Alejandra Valencia

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Alejandra Valencia
Valencia in 2016
Personal information
Full nameAlejandra Valencia Trujillo
NationalityMexican
Born (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 31)[1]
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Mexico
SportArchery
Coached byMiguel Ángel Flores[1]
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Mexico CityTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 YanktonTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 BerlinIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2023 BerlinTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraIndividual
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaIndividual
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoIndividual
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 LimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2023 SantiagoMixed team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 AntalyaTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 YecheonMixed team
Gold medal – first place2025 Central FloridaMixed team
Silver medal – second place2012 OgdenTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 WrocławTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 BerlinIndividual
Silver medal – second place2017 BerlinTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 Salt Lake CityTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 AntalyaTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 Guatemala CityTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 LausanneTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 ParisTeam
Silver medal – second place2025 Central FloridaIndividual
Silver medal – second place2026 AntalyaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 OgdenIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2011 ShanghaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 OgdenIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2012 AntalyaMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2013 WrocławIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2016 MedellínTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 Guatemala CityIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2021 LausanneMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2021 ParisMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2024 YecheonIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2024 AntalyaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2026 PueblaTeam
World Cup Final
Silver medal – second place2015 Mexico CityMixed team
Silver medal – second place2023 HermosilloIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2024 TlaxcalaIndividual
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 GuadalajaraIndividual
Gold medal – first place2010 GuadalajaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 MedellínIndividual
Gold medal – first place2021 MonterreyTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 SantiagoTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 SantiagoMixed team
Gold medal – first place2026 TlaxcalaMixed team
Silver medal – second place2018 MedellínTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 MedellínIndividual
Silver medal – second place2024 MedellínTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 MedellínMixed team
Silver medal – second place2026 TlaxcalaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 MedellínMixed team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorIndividual
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorMixed team
Gold medal – first place2026 Santo DomingoIndividual
Gold medal – first place2026 Santo DomingoTeam
Gold medal – first place2026 Santo DomingoMixed team
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiMixed team

Alejandra Valencia Trujillo (born 17 October 1994) is a Mexican archer.

Career

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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

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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

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Valencia's parents are Elizabeth Trujillo and Francisco Valencia.[11][12] She is a fan of Japanese anime.[13]

References

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  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ "Alejandra Valencia". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Pelayo, Alejandro (24 October 2011). "Unlikely career of Alejandra Valencia". ESPN. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Women's Individual - Standings". Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Women's Team Quarterfinal". Rio 2016. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Wells, Chris (25 January 2020). "Alejandra Valencia named to Mexican team for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". World Archery. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Triple title sweep for Korean recurve teams in Yankton". World Archery. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Borrón y cuenta nueva para Ale: Madre de Valencia". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "El manga flechó a la campeona | Historias Ambulantes". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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