Alma Valencia
Mexican freestyle wrestler
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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.
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| Full name | Alma Jane Valencia Escoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1990 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Academic/Professional life
Valencia is a medical doctor, who studied in Mexico, USA and Puerto Rico, graduating from Mexico's Guadalajara Lamar Universidad medical school in the spring of 2019. [7]
Personal life
Valencia is in a relationship with Puerto Rican wrestler Jaime Espinal. Their first daughter Joy Espinal Valencia was born on 31 May 2017.[8]
