Alma Jane Valencia Escoto (born 18 October 1990) is a Mexican freestyle wrestler. In the 55 kg category, she won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games,[2] having finished seventh in 2011. She won three bronze medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2013. She also won a silver and gold medal at the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games respectively, both in the 55 kg category.
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| Full name | Alma Jane Valencia Escoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1990 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valencia qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's freestyle 57 kg category at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.[3]
In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.[4]
Valencia won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.[5] She competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[6] She was eliminated in her second match by Hannah Taylor of Canada.[6]
Personal life
editValencia is in a relationship with Puerto Rican wrestler Jaime Espinal. Their first daughter Joy Espinal Valencia was born on 31 May 2017.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Alma Jane Valencia Escoto". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Histórica Plata para la Lucha Femenil Mexicana en los Juegos Panamericanos Toronto 2015". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "México suma una plaza para los Juegos Olímpicos en Lucha" [Mexico adds a wrestling spot for the Olympics] (in Spanish). Mexico: Marca. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (7 May 2022). "Hildebrandt earns seventh Pan American Championships wrestling title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ a b "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "¡Jaime Espinal y su compañera Alma presentan a su bebita Joy!". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
External links
edit- Alma Valencia at the International Wrestling Database
- Alma Valencia at Olympedia
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