Mayra Aide García Lopez (born May 16, 1972 in
Tecate
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,
Baja California
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) is a
beach volleyball
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player from
Mexico
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, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the
2003 Pan American Games
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in
Santo Domingo
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,
Dominican Republic
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, partnering
Hilda Gaxiola. She represented her native country at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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,
Greece
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and also at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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with her current partner
Bibiana Candelas.
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1972 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mazatlán
Sportspeople from Sinaloa
Mexican women's beach volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players for Mexico
Beach volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
Beach volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Tijuana
Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games silver medalists in volleyball
Pan American Games bronze medalists in volleyball
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in beach volleyball
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
21st-century Mexican sportswomen
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