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Full name | Valentina Acosta Giraldo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Colombian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 April 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Recurve | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valentina Acosta Giraldo [lower-alpha 1] (born 19 April 2000) is a Colombian archer. [1] [2] She won the gold medal at the 2019 World Youth Archery Championships. Two years later, she competed in the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]
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