Kimberly Salazar

Kimberly took up the sport at age 7, she practised athletics but after watching some girls with so much flexibility she enrolled in rhythmic gymnastics.^[2][1] She says the most influential people in her career are her parents and her coaches.^[3]

Salazar debuted at the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships taking 10th place in the All-Around, 8th place with hoop, 16th with ball, 13th with clubs and 17th with ribbon.^[4][5][6] In 2019 she competed at the 1st Junior World Championships in Moscow, competing with rope and ribbon and placing 52nd and 28th.^[7]

In 2022 she was included into the national senior group, debuting at the World Cup in Portimão, being 4th in the All-Around and winning two historical medals, the first in the circuit for the country: bronze with 5 hoops and gold with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.^[8][9] A week later, in Pesaro, they took 7th place in the All-Around and 5th in both event finals.^[10] In July she competed at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, winning silver in the All-Around and with 5 hoops and gold with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.^[11][12] A month later she was in Cluj-Napoca with the group for the last World Cup of the year, ending 4th in the All-Around and with 5 hoops as well as 6th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.^[13][14] In September Kimberly represented Mexico along Dalia Alcocer, Nicole Cejudo, Sofia Flores and Adirem Tejeda at the World Championships in Sofia, taking 6th place in the All-Around, 6th with 5 hoops and 8th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.^[15]

• Part of the first group that was awarded a medal in the World Cup circuit when she won bronze in Portimão in 2022.
• Part of the first group that was awarded a gold medal in the World Cup circuit in Portimão in 2022.