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| Full name | Yareli Acevedo Mendoza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 2001 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Pato Bike BMC Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024– | Pato Bike BMC Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (born 29 July 2001) is a Mexican track cyclist. She won the gold medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the points race. She was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in the omnium, and is a multiple-time gold medalist at the Pan American Track Championships.
At the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, Acevedo won five medals, including three gold medals. [2] In June 2021, Acevedo won the madison with Victoria Velasco at the Pan American Track Championships in Lima, Peru. [3] She also won the points race at the championships. [4] Acevedo represented Mexico at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [5] She and Velasco were set to compete at the 2021 Olympic Games but had to withdraw following a registration error by the Mexican federation. [6]
Acevedo was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in the omnium, and a silver medalist in the team pursuit alongside Velasco, Antonieta Gaxiola and Lizbeth Salazar. [7] [8] At the 2023 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, Acevedo won gold medals in the points race and the elimination race. [9]
In March 2025, she won the elimination race at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Konya, Turkey, ahead of Lisa Van Belle of the Netherlands. [10] The following month, Acevedo won gold medals in the scratch race, elimination race, and omnium events at the 2025 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Asunción, Paraguay. [11]
Acevedo won the gold medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the points race in Santiago, Chile, in October 2025. [12]
Acevedo was educated at School of Accounting and Administration, UNAM in Mexico City. [10]