Queen Saray Villegas Explained

Queen Saray Villegas
Fullname:Queen Saray Villegas Serna
Birth Date:2003 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Buga, Colombia
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Queen Saray Villegas Serna (born 3 June 2003) is a Colombian cyclist who competes in Freestyle BMX. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 South American Games.

Early and personal life

She is from Buga in Valle del Cauca. She began BMX when she 13 years old. She was initially involved in BMX racing before focusing on BMX Freestyle. Her twin sister Lizsurley also competes in BMX.[1]

Career

In 2019 she finished fourth at both FISE World France and at the World Urban Games in Hungary.[2]

She won the Pan American Games at the end of 2021 in Lima, Peru.[3] She won silver at the 2022 South American Games.

She made her debut in the UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships in 2022, where she secured a sixth-place finish.

She competed at the UCI World Cycling Championships in Glasgow in August 2023. Competing at the 2023 Pan American BMX Freestyle Championship, held at the Olympic Park in Asunción, Paraguay, she won the bronze medal.[4]

She was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5] She became the first Colombian cyclist to qualify for BMX Freestyle Park event. On 30 July 2024, she competed in the preliminaries and qualified amongst the top nine for the final.[6] She crashed in the first final run, scoring 64.80. Later she improved to forth place in the second run with 88.00 points, just 0.80 away from the bronze medal.[7]

Competitive history

All results are sourced from the Union Cycliste Internationale.

As of August 6th, 2024

UCI Cycling World Championships

EventFreestyle Park
align=left 2022 Abu Dhabi6th
align=left 2023 Glasgow8th

UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup

Season1234RankPoints
2022MON
5
BRU
7
GOL
81340
2023DIR
MON
16
BRU
10
BAZ
15
18700

Notes and References

  1. Web site: She is Queen Saray Villegas, the Colombian who got a spot in the BMX Freestyle finals at the Olympic Games: time and where to watch the competition for the first medal. infobae. 31 July 2024. 30 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Meet Queen Villegas, half of Colombia's BMX duo out to conquer the world. Redbull.com. 31 July 2024. Tom. Ward. 26 July 2023.
  3. Web site: QUICK QUESTIONS WITH QUEENSARAY VILLEGAS SERNA. thebloombmx.com. 31 July 2024. 6 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Queen Saray Villegas wins bronze at the Pan American BMX Freestyle Championship. federacioncolombianadecilism. 9 May 2023. 31 July 2024.
  5. Web site: OLYMPICS: CAN COLOMBIAN SARAY VILLEGAS SERNA BRING HOME THE GOLD? . record.com. 31 July 2024.
  6. Web site: To the final! Queen Saray Villegas qualifies in BMX Freestyle . as.com. 31 July 2024. 30 July 2024.
  7. Web site: Olympic Games Paris 2024: China's Yawen Deng wins women's BMX Freestyle . UCI. 31 July 2024. 6 August 2024.