Martha Del Valle

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Martha Del Valle
Personal information
Full nameMartha Fernanda Del Valle Quirarte
Nickname(s)Mafer
Nationality Mexican
Born (1988-10-03) October 3, 1988 (age 34)
Tepeji Del Rio De Ocampo, Mexico
Sport
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
SportEquestrian
Achievements and titles
Regional finals 2019 Pan American Games
Personal best(s)69.565% (GP)
70.872% (GPS)
72.435% (GPF)

Martha Fernanda Del Valle Quirarte (born 3 October 1988) is a Mexican dressage rider. She took part at the 2019 Pan American Games and competed at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, ranked 51st individually. [1]

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Career

Del Valle started riding at the age of 5. She was selected to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, where she placed 15th individually and helped the Mexican team a 4th-place finish. That same year, Mexico earned an individual spot at the Tokyo Olympics. The spot was earned by a two-time Olympian Bernadette Pujals, who later switched allegiance to Spain, which allowed Del Valle to become the front-runner for selection. [2]

To prepare for the Olympics, Del Valle and her home-bred Lusitano Beduino LAM competed at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida in early 2020. She then relocated to Germany, for what were supposed to be the final preparations. The postponement of the Olympics, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, forced Del Valle to stay in Europe for an extra year. She started working at Hof Kasselmann in Hagen and received an upkeep in return. In the spring of 2021, Del Valle relocated to Portugal, for a further Olympic preparation period under the expertise of her coach, Portuguese Olympian Miguel Duarte. [2]

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References

  1. "Martha Del Valle". FEI . Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Mexican Martha Fernanda del Valle Quirarte en Route to Tokyo with Stop-Off in Portugal". Eurodressage. 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-03.