Diana Flores

Mexican flag football player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diana Alejandra Flores Arenas (born 1997) is a Mexican flag football player. She is a quarterback and captain of the Mexico national team.[1][2][3]

FullnameDiana Alejandra Flores Arenas
Born (1997-09-28) September 28, 1997 (age 28)
CountryMéxico
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Diana Flores
Personal information
Full nameDiana Alejandra Flores Arenas
Born (1997-09-28) September 28, 1997 (age 28)
Sport
CountryMéxico
SportFlag football
PositionQuarterback
Medal record
Women's flag football
Representing  Mexico
World Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 ChengduTeam
IFAF World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2016 MiamiTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 JerusalemTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 LahtiTeam
IFAF Americas Continental Championship
Gold medal – first place2025 Panama CityTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 CharlotteTeam
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Flag football career

Flores started playing flag football when she was eight years old. From an early age she joined important female leagues, among them the "Tocho Bandera" team of the Águilas Blancas of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.[4][5] In 2012, at the age of 14, she was called up to lead the North Penn High School team in Pennsylvania, United States, where they were crowned NFL regional champions.[citation needed]

In 2014, at the age of 16, she joined the Mexico national team that contended in that year's IFAF Flag Football World Championship in Grosseto, Italy. She became the youngest player to compete in an international tournament. In 2016, at the age of 18, she participated in the IFAF Flag Football World Championship held in Miami, Florida. The team won the bronze medal.[6] Flores also played for the Mexico national team in Panama in 2018, and Jerusalem in 2021.

As quarterback, she took the team to gold at the 2022 World Games.[7] She led the team to a record of six wins and 0 losses. In the final, she completed 20 of 28 pass attempts for 210 yards and four touchdowns in a 39–6 win over the United States.

She played the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas in February 2023 where she played offense.[8][9]

Flores is an ambassador for the NFL[7] and during Super Bowl LVII she starred in the commercial Run With it, promoting flag football as an Olympic sport in 2028. The cast for the ad included flag football players Bella Rasmussen and Vanita Krouch, as well as Billie Jean King, and MrBeast.[4][10][3][11]

Education

Flores studied marketing and communications at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Santa Fe Campus.[citation needed]

References

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