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2024 Olympics: Meet the Mexican Athletes Heading to Paris

mexican athletes heading to paris 2024

The 2024 Olympic Games are just around the corner, starting on July 26. These games, running until August 11, are one of the most significant events in the sports world. During the closing ceremony, the flag bearers and winning athletes will gather for speeches and to extinguish the Olympic flame, marking the end of the games.

The Importance of the Olympic Games

The Olympics, held every four years, see athletes, organizers, and host countries putting in a tremendous amount of effort and resources. Athletes train rigorously, hoping to deliver perfect performances that could define their careers. Qualifying for the Olympics is a huge achievement, involving strict criteria like age, weight, height, and health conditions, which vary by sport. Some sports require specific tests, while others base qualifications on previous competition results or season performances.

Mexican Athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games

Athletics

Citlali Moscote (Marathon)

  •  Event: Seville Marathon
  •  Date: 02/19/2023
  •  Note: First Mexican qualified for Paris 2024.

Alegna González (20 km walk)

  •  Event: Dudinska 50
  •  Date: 03/25/2023
  •  Note: Second Olympic place for Mexico in Paris 2024.

José Luis Doctor (20 km walk)

  • Event: La Coruña Marching Grand Prix
  • Date: 06/03/2024

Andrés Olivas (20 km walk)

Ricardo Ortíz (20 km walk)

  • Event: Cantonese Grand Prix of La Coruña 2024
  • Date: 05/18/2024

Laura Galván (5,000 m flat)

  • Event: World Championship Budapest 2023
  • Date: 08/23/2023

Margarita Hernández (Marathon)

  • Event: Valencia Marathon
  • Date: 12/03/2023

Noel Ali Chama (20 km march)

  • Event: World Race Walking Tour in Dublin
  • Date: 2023
  • Note: Silver medal with a time of 1:20:05.

Alegna González and Ever Palma (Mixed relay march)

  • Event: World Team Championship in Antalya, Turkey
  • Date: 04/21/2024
  • Note: Fourth place with a time of 2:59:21.

Uziel Muñoz (Shot put)

  • Event: USA Throw Festival in Texas
  • Date: 04/04/2024
  • Note: Third place with a record of 21.68 meters.

Boxing

Green Frame (71 kg)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 2023
  • Note: Nominal classification; will compete in Paris 2024.

Miguel Martínez (63.5 kg)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 2023
  • Note: Nominal classification; will compete in Paris 2024.

Fatima Herrera (50 kg)

  •   Event: Thailand World Qualification Tournament
  •   Date: 2024
  •   Note: Won by unanimous decision.

Citlalli Ortiz (75 kg)

  • Event: Thailand World Qualification Tournament
  • Date: 2024
  • Note: Defeated Nigerian Adanma Nbata.

Slalom Canoeing

Sofía Reinoso (Single Kayak K1)

  • Event: Rio Pan American Championships
  • Date: 03/14/2024
  • Note: Gold medal in the Pan American Championship.

Mountain Biking

Gerardo Ulloa (Individual)

  • Event: Pan American Mountain Biking
  • Date: 04/28/2023
  • Note: Will not participate in Paris 2024 due to suspension.

Track Cycling

Jessica Salazar, Luz Daniela Gaxiola, and Yuli Verdugo (Team Sprint)

  • Event: Pan American Cycling
  • Date: 04/03/2024
  • Note: Among the top 7 countries in the world ranking.

Jessica Salazar, Luz Daniela Gaxiola, and Yuli Verdugo (Kierin)

  • Event: Pan American Cycling
  • Date: 04/03/2024
  • Note: The place obtained in team speed includes two individuals for this test.

Jessica Salazar, Luz Daniela Gaxiola, and Yuli Verdugo (Individual speed)

  • Event: Pan American Cycling
  • Date: 04/03/2024
  • Note: The place obtained in team speed includes two for the individual test.

Road Cycling

Andrea Ramírez Fregoso (Route)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 10/29/2023
  • Note: Ninth place and rearrangement of places in Pan American Games.

Diving

Randal Willars and Kevin Berlin (Synchronized 10m Platform)

  • Event: Fukuoka World Championships 2023
  • Date: 07/17/2023
  • Note: Bronze medal; square with name.

Alejandra Orozco (Platform 10m individual)

Gabriela Agúndez (Platform 10m individual)

  • Event: Fukuoka World Championships 2023
  • Date: 07/18/2023
  • Note: Classification confirmed; top 10 in Doha 2024.

Osmar Olvera (3m individual trampoline)

  • Event: Fukuoka World Championships 2023
  • Date: 07/19/2023
  • Note: Silver medal; square with name.

Rodrigo Diego (3m individual trampoline)

  • Event: Fukuoka World Championships 2023
  • Date: 07/19/2023

Randal Willars (Individual 10m Platform)

  • Event: World Championship. Fukuoka 2024
  • Date: July 21

Osmar Olvera and Rodrigo Diego (Synchronized 3 m springboard)

  • Event: Doha 2024 World Championships
  • Date: 02/04/2024
  • Note: Fourth place; confirmed place.

Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez (Platform 10 m. synchronized)

  • Event: Doha 2024 World Championships
  • Date: 02/06/2024
  • Note: Fourth place; confirmed place.

Aranza Vázquez (3 m springboard)

  • Event: Doha 2024 World Championships
  • Date: 02/09/2024
  • Note: Classification by being in the top 10 of the World Cup.

Kevin Berlin (Individual 10m Platform)

  • Event: Doha 2024 World Championships
  • Date: 02/10/2024
  • Note: Classification confirmed; top 10 in Doha 2024.

Fencing

Gibrán Zea (Individual saber)

  • Event: Continental Pre-Olympic Tournament in San José, Costa Rica
  • Date: 04/06/2024
  • Note: Gold medal in Pre-Olympic tournament.

Artistic Gymnastics

Alexa Moreno (All-around and for individual devices)

  • Event: World Championship Antwerp 2023
  • Date: 2023
  • Note: Nominal place; will compete in Paris 2024.

Ahtziri Sandoval (All-around and individual devices)

  • Event: World Championship Antwerp 2023
  • Date: 2023
  • Note: Nominal place after rearrangement of places.

Alexa Moreno, Natalia Escalera, Ahtziri Sandoval, Cassandra Loustalot, and Paulina Campo (All-around and for individual devices)

  • Event: World Championship Antwerp 2023
  • Date: 2023
  • Note: The place was assigned to Natalia Escalera on March 15, 2024, due to her results in the World Cup series.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Julia Gutiérrez, Ana Flores, Kimberly Salazar, Adirem Tejeda, and Dalia Alcocer (All-around by ensembles)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 11/02/2023
  • Note: Silver medal in Pan American Games; enumerative square.

Weightlifting

Janeth Gómez (59 kgs)

  • Event: Phuket World Cup, Thailand, 2024
  • Date: 04/03/2024
  • Note: Obtained the place by occupying 10th place in the Olympic ranking in her category.

Wrestling

Román Bravo-Young (57 kgs)

  • Event: Acapulco 2024 Pan American Qualifier
  • Date: 03/01/2024
  • Note: Finalist in Pan American Qualifier.

Austin Gomez (65 kg)

  • Event: Acapulco 2024 Pan American Qualifier
  • Date: 03/01/2024
  • Note: Finalist in Pan American Qualifier.

Swimming

Miguel de Lara (200 m breaststroke)

  • Event: National Selective Monterrey 2023
  • Date: 04/09/2023
  • Note: Achieved mark A to qualify.

Gabriel Castaño (50 m. freestyle)

  • Event: TYR Pro Swim Series San Antonio
  • Date: 04/13/2024
  • Note: Achieved mark A in the test eliminatory.

Artistic Swimming

Nuria Diosdado and Joana Jiménez (Duet)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 11/02/2023
  • Note: Gold medal in Pan American Games; enumerative square.

Regina Alferez, María Arellano, Nuria Diosdado, Daniela Estrada, Itzamary González, Luisa Jailib, Joana Jiménez, Jéssica Sobrino, Pamela Toscano (Team)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 11/03/2023
  • Note: Gold medal in Pan American Games; enumerative square.

Open Water Swimming

Martha Sandoval (Open Water Marathon)

  • Event: Doha 2024 World Championships
  • Date: 02/03/2024
  • Note: Best classified on the American continent.

Paulo Strelhke (Open Water Marathon)

  • Event: Doha 2024 World Championships
  • Date: 02/04/2024
  • Note: Best classified on the American continent.

Modern Pentathlon

Emiliano Hernández (Individual)

  • Event: World Championships in Bath
  • Date: 08/27/2023
  • Note: Silver medalist at the World Championships.

Mayan Oliver (Single)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 10/23/2023
  • Note: Gold medal at the Pan American Games.

Duilio Carrillo (Individual)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 10/23/2023
  • Note: Silver medal in the Pan American Games.

Rowing

Alexis López and Miguel Carballo (Pair of light oars)

  • Event: World Championships in Belgrade
  • Date: 09/09/2023
  • Note: Seventh place overall; subject to internal selection to define the occupants of the square.

Kenya Lettuce (Single Scull)

  • Event: Silver Medal of the Qualifying Regatta in Rio de Janeiro
  • Date: March 16, 2024

Equestrian Jumping

Nicolás Pizarro, Eugenio Garza, Antonio Chedraui, and Federico Fernández (Team jumping)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 01/11/2023
  • Note: Fourth place in the Pan American Games. Enumeration position, pending internal selective process.

Nicolás Pizarro, Eugenio Garza, Antonio Chedraui, and Federico Fernández (Individual jumping)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 01/11/2023
  • Note: The place for the team event includes three for the individual event. The same pairs participate in both tests.

Surfing

Alan Cleland (Single)

  • Event: ISA World Surfing Games 2023
  • Date: 08/15/2023
  • Note: World champion, adjustment of places in the Championship World Tour of the World Surf League 2023.

Taekwondo

Daniela Souza (-49 kgs)

  • Event: Classification by Olympic ranking as of December 4, 2023
  • Date: 12/04/2023
  • Note: Fifth place in the Olympic ranking.

Carlos Sansores (+80 kgs)

  • Event: Classification by Olympic ranking as of December 4, 2023
  • Date: 12/04/2023
  • Note: Second place in the Olympic ranking.

Table Tennis

Marcos Madrid

  • Event: First place in the South American pre-Olympic tournament in Lima, Peru
  • Date: 05/24/2024

Arantxa Cossío

  • Event: First place in the South American pre-Olympic tournament in Lima, Peru
  • Date: 05/19/2024

Archery

Aída Román, Alejandra Valencia, Ángela Ruiz (By team)

  • Event: World Championship Berlin 2023
  • Date: 08/04/2023
  • Note: Bronze medal that grants places for both the team and individual competition.

Aída Román, Alejandra Valencia, Ángela Ruiz (Individual)

  • Event: World Championship Berlin 2023
  • Date: 08/04/2023
  • Note: The place for the team event automatically grants three places for the individual event. The same archers participate in both events.

Matías Grande (Individual)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 11/05/2023
  • Note: Silver medal in the Pan American Games.

Shooting

Edson Ramírez (10m air rifle)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 10/21/2023
  • Note: Gold medal, place subject to internal selection process.

Gabriela Rodríguez (Skeet)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 10/22/2023
  • Note: Silver medal, place subject to internal selection process.

Alejandra Zavala (25m Pistol and 10m Air Pistol)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 10/24/2023 and 10/26/2023
  • Note: Double gold medal, places are subject to internal selection process.

Carlos Quezada (3×20 m Rifle)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 10/27/2023
  • Note: Gold medal, place subject to internal selection process.

Triathlon

Aram Peñaflor, Rosa Tapia, and Lizeth Rueda (Individual)

  • Event: Classification by ranking announced by the Mexican Triathlon Federation
  • Date: 11/30/2023
  • Note: Places assigned directly by ranking.

Sailing

Mariana Aguilar Chávez Peón (iQFoil)

  • Event: World Championship in The Hague
  • Date: 08/19/2023
  • Note: Ninth place in the World Championship, qualified for Paris 2024.

Elena Oetling (ILCA 6-Dinghy)

  • Event: Pan American Games Santiago 2023
  • Date: 11/02/2023
  • Note: Sixth place in the Pan American Games, qualified for Paris 2024.

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