Alejandra Ortega
Alejandra Ortega (born 8 July 1994 in Mexico City) is a female racewalker from Mexico. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, where she finished 9th[1] and at the 2015 Pan American Games where she finished 8th.[2] She competed in the 2016 Olympics, finishing 41st.
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Full name | Alejandra Ortega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | 8 July 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 20 km race walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She was the gold medalist in the junior race at the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup, vanquishing her closest competitor by more than two minutes.[3] The previous year she was the silver medalist at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, where she set the North American Junior Record at 46:00.[4] She was also champion at the 2012 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics.[5]
References
- http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-20KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084250/http://conade.gob.mx/eventos/toronto2015/Participante_Datos.aspx?idParticipante=1130&idtipoparti=1
- https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/mexico-doiminate-at-pan-american-race-walking
- http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4666/AT-10KR-W-F--1--.RS1.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130831130320/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CCJC/CCJC2012.html
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