Ángela Ruiz Explained

Ángela Ruiz
Birth Date:2006 7, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Country:Mexico
Sport:Archery
Event:Recurve
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Ángela Ruiz Rosales (born 29 July 2006) is a Mexican archer competing in women's recurve events. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

She started archery at the age of nine years-old in her home city of Saltillo.[2]

Career

She made her under-18 debut at the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships in Poland.[3]

She was part of the Mexican team that won a first recurve women’s team title in a stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya in 2023. Ruiz subsequently finished runner-up individually at the next leg of the world tour in Medellin.[4]

She won a gold medal in the teams event at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in 2023.[5] She also won a silver medal in the women’s recurve team at the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]

She was selected for the team and individual events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the age of 17 years-old at the start of the games she was the youngest member of the Mexican delegation to the Games.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Angela Ruiz. 28 July 2024. Eurosport.
  2. Web site: AN EYE ON 2024 OLYMPIANS. theeyehuatulco. 28 July 2024. 29 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Ruiz's emergence for Mexico makes women's team world title contender. world archery. 28 July 2024. 23 June 2023. Cristina. Calle.
  4. Web site: Valencia to lead new-look Mexican squad towards Olympics in 2024. world archery. 28 July 2024. Chris. Wells. 10 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Young Mexican Archer Angela Ruiz Making Waves in Archery World With Impressive Resume. archysport. 28 July 2024. July 29, 2023.
  6. Web site: Angela Ruiz wins team silver in Santiago 2023. indec.gob.mx. 28 July 2024. 17 February 2022 .
  7. Web site: Meet Angela Ruiz: The Youthful Archer Making Waves in Mexican Sport . Archy Sport. 28 July 2024. 6 July 2024.