Alma Valencia

FullnameAlma Jane Valencia Escoto

Born (1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 35)

Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico^[1]

Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)

SportWrestling

Alma Valencia

at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
Personal information
Full name	Alma Jane Valencia Escoto
Born	(1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 35) Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 55 kg Pan American Championships Monterrey 2010 55 kg Rionegro 2011 55 kg Panama 2013 55 kg Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014 53 kg Mayagüez 2010 55 kg

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.

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]