Alessia Palacios Explained

Alessia Palacios
Nationality:	Peruvian
Birth Date:	6 July 2000^[1]
Sport:	Rowing
Event:	Lightweight double sculls
Team:	Regatas Universitario

Alessia Palacios (born 6 July 2000) is a Peruvian rower. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.

Early and personal life

Her twin sister Valeria Palacios is also a rower.^[2] The twins race for Regatas Universitario rowing club.^[3]

Career

She competed alongside her sister Valeria and was a silver medalist in the lightweight doubles sculls at the 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships in Italy,^[4] The pair went on to win gold at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Colombia in the lightweight double sculls.^[5]

Competing at the Americas Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March 2024 alongside her sister Valeria, she qualified for the lightweight double sculls at the 2024 Paris Olympics.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alessia Palacios. World Rowing. 27 July 2024.
2. Web site: Straight to Paris 2024! Palacios sisters and Adriana Sanguinetti will be at the Olympic Games. Depor. 27 July 2024. 16 March 2024.
3. Web site: Paris-bound Peruvians. Pocketmags.com. 27 July 2024. Tom. Ransley.
4. Web site: El ping pong: Conversamos con Alessia Palacios . 19 September 2022. crl.pe. 27 July 2024.
5. Web site: Valeria and Alessia Palacios were chosen as the best in national rowing. gob.pe. 27 July 2024. 10 January 2023.
6. Web site: FINALS' PLACES ARE SECURED AT THE AMERICAS OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC QUALIFICATION REGATTA. World Rowing. 27 July 2024. 15 March 2024.
7. Web site: París 2024: clasificación de Adriana Sanguineti, Alessia y Valeria Palacios en la categoría de remo de los Juegos Olímpicos. diarioviral.pe. 27 July 2024. 16 March 2024.