Queen Saray Villegas

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Queen Saray Villegas
Personal information
Full nameQueen Saray Villegas Serna
Born (2003-06-03) 3 June 2003 (age 21)
Buga, Colombia
Medal record
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Women's BMX freestyle
Event1st2nd3rd
Pan American Championships101
South American Games 010
Total111
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 LimaFreestyle park
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 AsunciónFreestyle park
South American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Asunción Freestyle park

Queen Saray Villegas Serna (born 3 June 2003) is a Colombian cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 South American Games.

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Early and personal life

She is from Buga in Valle del Cauca. She began BMX when she 13 years old. She was initially involved in BMX racing before focusing on BMX Freestyle. Her twin sister Lizsurley also competes in BMX. [1]

Career

In 2019 she finished fourth at both FISE World France and at the World Urban Games in Hungary. [2]

She won the Pan American Games at the end of 2021 in Lima, Peru. [3] She won silver at the 2022 South American Games.

She made her debut in the UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in 2022, where she secured a sixth-place finish.

She competed at the UCI World Cycling Championships in Glasgow in August 2023. Competing at the 2023 Pan American BMX Freestyle Championship, held at the Olympic Park in Asunción, Paraguay, she won the bronze medal. [4]

She was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [5] She became the first Colombian cyclist to qualify for BMX Freestyle Park event. On 30 July 2024, she competed in the preliminaries and qualified amongst the top nine for the final. [6] She crashed in the first final run, scoring 64.80. Later she improved to forth place in the second run with 88.00 points, just 0.80 away from the bronze medal. [7]

Competitive history

All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 6th, 2024

Olympic Games

EventFreestyle Park
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris 4th

UCI Cycling World Championships

EventFreestyle Park
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2022 Abu Dhabi 6th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2023 Glasgow 8th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

SeasonStage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Overall
PointsPosition
2022 5th7th13408th
2023 16th10th15th70018th

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References

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