Alejandra Valencia Trujillo (born 17 October 1994) is a Mexican

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Career

She won two gold medals the

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— women's team and women's individual. She won bronze at 2011 World Archery Youth Championships recurve cadet women's individual.

Olympic Games

Valencia competed both in

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and in

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. In

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, at the age of 17, she lost the 1/16 eliminations in the individual competition, while Mexico was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the women's team competition against Japan. In the 2016 Summer Olympics at

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, 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. In the team competition, Mexico once again was eliminated in the quarter-finals. She has qualified to represent Mexico at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, and has won the bronze medal together with Luis Álvarez in the first ever mixed archery event in the olympics. Two months later, she won the silver medal in the women's team event at the

2021 World Archery Championships The 2021 World Archery Championships was held from 20 to 26 September 2021 in Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton, United States. Medals table Medals summary Recurve Compound References External links Results Book
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held in Yankton, United States.

Personal life

Valencia's parents are Elizabeth Trujillo and Francisco Valencia. She is a fan of Japanese anime.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valencia, Alejandra 1994 births Living people Mexican female archers Archers at the 2011 Pan American Games Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2015 Pan American Games Archers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2019 Pan American Games Archers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Archers at the 2023 Pan American Games Olympic archers for Mexico Sportspeople from Sonora Sportspeople from Hermosillo Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists in archery Pan American Games silver medalists in archery Pan American Games bronze medalists in archery Summer World University Games medalists in archery Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in archery Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in archery Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico 21st-century Mexican sportswomen Archers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics