Alejandra Valencia Trujillo (born 17 October 1994) is a Mexican archer.
Alejandra Valencia Trujillo (born 17 October 1994) is a Mexican archer.
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.
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]
Valencia's parents are Elizabeth Trujillo and Francisco Valencia. [11] [12] She is a fan of Japanese anime. [13]
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