Anggie Avegno Explained

Anggie Avegno
Nickname:Gita
Country: Ecuador
Birth Name:Anggie Nicole Avegno Salazar
Birth Date:8 June 1996
Birth Place:Guayaquil
Height:1.53m (05.02feet)
Other Interests:Soccer
Sport:Canoeing
Universityteam:University of Guayaquil
Coach:Sebastian de Cesare

Anggie Nicole Avegno Salazar (born 8 June 1996) is an Ecuadorian canoeist for the University of Guayaquil.

Biography

Anggie Avegno was born on 8 June 1996 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[1] She took an interest in canoeing after watching observing a group of people canoeing in the Good Friday Park in the south of Guayaquil with her parents.[2] She studied at the College of Santa María de los Ángeles.[1]

In 2012, under the direction of Ossian Frydson, Avegno placed 4th in boating in the World Cup, in that year held in Russia.[2] That same year, she became Pan-American and Junior World boating champion.[3]

In 2013, she became the junior vice-world champion and won two bronze medals at the World Cups in Hungary and the Czech Republic in 2013 and a gold medal at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in canoeing. The next year, Avegno won the South American championship in C-1200 meters, beating Chilean Nancy Millán and Valdenise Conceição of Brazil for the gold medal with a time of 47 seconds and 351 thousandths in the X Games held in Santiago, Chile.[3] On 20 July of that year, she won the silver medal at the U-23 World Canoe Championship in Hungary.[4]

In April 2015, Avegno obtained one of each type of medal at the South American Rafting competition held at the Yawarkucha in Ecuador. She won a gold medal in the Under 21 category of the C1-1000 meters category (5 min. 11.09 sec.), silver in C1-500 meters (2 min. 27.56 sec.), and bronze in C2-500 meters (2 min. 6.43 sec.) with Mía Friend.[5]

Avegno and Friend would also win gold medals in C2-500 meters at the 2015 World Cup in Boulogne.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Angie Avegno es una guerrera que gana todo en el canotaje. 25 July 2015. El Comercio. 12 May 2014. es.
  2. News: Canoístas femeninas se "abren aguas" a nivel internacional. 25 July 2015. El Telégrafo. 23 June 2012. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114359/http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/deportes/item/canoistas-femeninas-se-abren-aguas-a-nivel-internacional.html. 24 September 2015. dead.
  3. News: Avegno suma su séptimo título internacional. 25 July 2015. El Telégrafo. 15 March 2014. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114353/http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/deportes/item/avegno-suma-su-septimo-titulo-internacional.html. 24 September 2015. dead.
  4. News: Anggie Avegno, subcampeona en el Mundial Sub-23 de Canotaje. 25 July 2015. El Telégrafo. 21 July 2014. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124122/http://www.telegrafo.com.ec/otros-deportes/item/anggie-avegno-subcampeona-en-el-mundial-sub-23-de-canotaje.html. 24 September 2015. dead.
  5. News: Anggie Avegno gana tres medallas en el Sudamericano de Canotaje. 25 July 2015. El Telégrafo. 17 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150802132246/http://telegrafo.com.ec/otros-deportes/item/anggie-avegno-gana-tres-medallas-en-el-sudamericano-de-canotaje.html. 2 August 2015. dead.
  6. News: Las canoístas Avegno y Friend superaron a las mejores del mundo. 25 July 2015. El Telégrafo. 1 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721134511/http://telegrafo.com.ec/otros-deportes/item/las-canoistas-avegno-y-friend-superaron-a-las-mejores-del-mundo.html. 21 July 2015. dead.