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
- "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final" (PDF). IAAF. August 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- "El portal único del gobierno. | gob.mx". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- "Mexico doiminate at Pan American Race Walking Cup - IAAF Race Walking Challenge | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- "10 Kilometres Race Walk Women" (PDF). IAAF. May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- "Wjah.co.uk". Archived from the original on 31 August 2013.
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