Leonela Ayoví

In 2012, 2013 and 2014 she won medals at youth and junior levels at both national and international competitions.^[2] In 2014, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.^[3][1]

Ayoví won one of the bronze medals in the women's 58 kg event at the 2017 Bolivarian Games held in Santa Marta, Colombia.^[4] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2018 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Lima, Peru.^[5][6] She competed the women's 68 kg event at the 2018 South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia.^[7]

Ayoví competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she competed in the women's 68 kg event.^[8] She was eliminated in her first match by María Acosta of Venezuela.^[8]

In 2020, Ayoví competed in her event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Ottawa, Canada. She competed at the Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Ottawa, Canada without qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[9] She also competed at the 2021 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala and the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.^[10][11]

Ayoví won the silver medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[12][13] In 2023, she competed in the women's 62 kg event at the Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[14]

Ayoví won a bronze medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.^[15] A few days later, 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.^[16] She was eliminated in her first match.^[16]