Tania Rincón (flag football)
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| Education | UNAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Flag football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Pumas UNAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Osas de Monterrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tania Rincón Samperio (born c. 2001) is a Mexican flag football player who plays as a quarterback for the Mexico women's national flag football team. She won a gold medal at the 2025 World Games and a silver medal at the 2024 World Championship.
Rincón began playing flag football at the age of six, initially with a team in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl before she joined another team in Jardín Balbuena.[1] Her mother also played the sport.[2]
Rincón attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where she played college flag football as a quarterback. She helped the Pumas win back-to-back gold medals at the Universiada Nacional [es] in 2022 and 2023, followed by a bronze in 2024. She also helped the team win bronze at the 2025 national collegiate championships.[3]
Career
Rincón played for the Pioners LH México,[a] then members of the AFFEMEX, in 2023 and 2024.[4][5][6] In its debut season, the team won the 2023 AFFEMEX Big Ten spring championship.[7] Rincón played in the inaugural AFFEMEX Tazón de Campeonas in 2024, a super cup contested between the league's spring and fall season champions.[8] She later played for the Bulldogs of the Liga Mexicana de Tocho (LMT).[9]
In 2025, Rincón joined the Osas de Monterrey for the second season of the LFA Torneo de Flag Football Femenil Profesional, a professional flag football league sponsored by the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA).[10] She helped the team to a runner-up finish.[11]
National team
In December 2023, Rincón was named to a provisional squad for the Mexico women's national team in preparation for the 2024 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship.[12][13] She was named to the final roster the following August.[14]
Rincón made her international debut for Mexico at the 2024 World Championship in Finland.[15][16] She threw four touchdown passes, and caught another from fellow quarterback Diana Flores, in a 42–6 win over Israel in the round of 16.[17][18] Rincón threw a touchdown pass to Andrea Martínez in Mexico's 35–20 quarterfinal win over Canada.[19] She then recorded three touchdowns (two rushing, one passing) in a 40–31 win over Japan in the semifinals.[20] Rincón helped her team to a silver medal following a 31–18 defeat to the United States in the final.[21][22] Her positional versatility, agility, and arm strength were later praised by ESPN Deportes, who described her as "one of the surprises Mexico presented to the world in Finland".[23]
Rincón starred in a Peter Berg-directed commercial which aired immediately after the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February 2025 as part of the "NFL Flag 50" campaign, aimed at celebrating and promoting women's flag football ahead of its debut at the 2028 Summer Olympics.[24][25][26][27] She spoke about the extra motivation that came with the opportunity to represent Mexico at the Olympics.[28]
Rincón has been described as a potential successor or heir apparent to legendary Mexican quarterback Diana Flores.[2][27][29] The two are employed in dual-quarterback sets.[30] In 2025, Rincón said: "We complement each other well. We are both equally versatile. We can do incredible things."[31]
Rincón was named to Mexico's 12-woman roster for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.[32] After going undefeated in group stage play, she threw five touchdown passes – including three to Ana Aguayo in a 40–0 win over hosts China in the quarterfinals,[33] followed by three more touchdown passes in Mexico's 25–13 semifinal win over Canada, which brought her to nine touchdown passes for the tournament.[34] In the final, Rincón scored two touchdowns (one passing, one receiving) in a 26–21 win over the United States, helping Mexico defend its gold medal from the previous Games.[30][35]
The following month, Rincón represented Mexico at the 2025 IFAF Americas Continental Flag Football Championship in Panama. She caught two touchdown passes from Flores in a 26–13 semifinal win over the United States. Rincón then threw a touchdown pass in Mexico's 12–0 win over Canada in the final to secure the gold medal.[36][b]
Personal life
Rincón studied psychology at UNAM.[2]
References
- ↑ The Pioners LH México are a Mexican affiliate of the Spanish club L'Hospitalet Pioners.
- ↑ Due to inclement weather, the women's final was suspended and Mexico were named champions as they led 12–0.
- ↑ Díaz Reyes, Adriana (13 February 2026). "Quiero inspirar a las niñas, mostrar que el tochito las hará brillar, dice Tania Rincón". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 Palma Hernández, Erendira (11 March 2025). "Tania Rincón: somos potencia en tochito y ya nos reconocen". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Hernández, Omar (25 August 2025). "Tania Rincón brilla con oro en los World Games 2025". Gaceta UNAM (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "AFFEMEX Big Ten: Comienzo espectacular del equipo" (in Spanish). L'Hospitalet Pioners. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "Big Ten y Open: Fin de semana complicado" (in Spanish). L'Hospitalet Pioners. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "EQUIPO BIG TWELVE FEMENIL 2024" (in Spanish). L'Hospitalet Pioners. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "AFFEMEX Big Ten: Campeonas a la primera" (in Spanish). L'Hospitalet Pioners. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "I Tazón de Campeonas Big Ten: Derrota en la 2ª prórroga" (in Spanish). L'Hospitalet Pioners. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "LMT Div II: A playoffs" (in Spanish). L'Hospitalet Pioners. 2 November 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "¿Qué es el flag football femenil? Habrá torneo profesional en México". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 20 March 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Avilés, Martín (25 March 2025). "Raptors, bicampeonas en el Segundo Torneo de Flag Football Femenil Profesional de la LFA". Ovaciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "Vuelve Tania Rincón a Preselección Nacional". El Heraldo de Aguascalientes (in Spanish). 31 December 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ "7 preseleccionadas para Finlandia 2024" (in Spanish). L'Hospitalet Pioners. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "La Selección Mexicana presenta su roster de Flag Football Femenil e Varonil para el Mundial de Finlandia 2024". Agencia JRF (in Spanish). 24 August 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ Mancilla, Alfonso (26 August 2024). "México inicia participación en Mundial de flag pensando en oro y los JO de 2028". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ "Pumas van al Mundial de Flag en Finlandia". Global Revista (in Spanish). UNAM. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ Moreno, José (29 August 2024). "¡México llega a la final femenil del mundial de flag football por quinta ocasión!". Estadio Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ Berry, Eric (29 August 2024). "Sello borrego: México avanza a final en mundial de flag football". Conecta (in Spanish). ITESM. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ "29.08.2024 14:15 Women, Mexico - Canada". app.sportapp.io. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ González, Kevin (29 August 2024). "Avanza México a final del Mundial de Flag Femenil". El Imparcial [es] (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ Hernández, Omar (2 September 2024). "Plata femenil para pumas en el Mundial de flag football". Gaceta UNAM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ Vega, Rodrigo (31 August 2024). "México y Estados Unidos son el top en Flag Football: Diana Flores". ESPN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2026.
- ↑ Landa, Rebeca (13 August 2025). "México, listo para defender el oro de Flag Football en Chengdu". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Díaz Reyes, Adriana (9 February 2025). "Tania Rincón, jugadora de flag football mexicana, en nueva campaña para Supertazón LIX". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Briones, Jorge (9 February 2025). "¡Presencia mexicana en el Super Bowl! Tania Rincón apareció en el comercial del medio tiempo". ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Amar, Joaquín (9 February 2025). "Tania Rincón, la mexicana que brilló en el comercial del Super Bowl". Periódico ABC [es] (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Tania Rincón, la estrella mexicana de Flag Football que brilla en el Super Bowl y que sigue los pasos de Diana Flores". Marca (in Spanish). 12 February 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Osornio, Alan (18 February 2025). "Tania Rincón y el anhelo olímpico de México en flag football: "Todas queremos cumplir el sueño y nos apoyamos para eso"". Claro Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Fernández, Alexis (12 August 2025). "¿Quiénes son las jugadoras de la Selección Mexicana de Flag Football Femenil?". POSTA Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- 1 2 "México gana medalla de oro en flag football de los World Games 2025". El Informador (in Spanish). 18 August 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Briones, Jorge (10 August 2025). "Tania Rincón, la QB mexicana que apareció en el comercial de flag football en el Super Bowl". ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ Fernández, Domingo (10 August 2025). "México busca refrendar el oro en Juegos Mundiales de Flag en China". El Sol de Toluca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Landa, Rebeca (16 August 2025). "La selección mexicana jugará la final vs. EEUU en el World Games". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "Mexico va por oro en flag football". PlaySports.mx (in Spanish). 16 August 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Landa, Rebeca (17 August 2025). "México defiende título en World Games y es bicampeón". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ Piña Guemes, Mario (18 September 2025). "2° AMERICAS CONTINENTAL PANAMA 2025" (in Spanish). Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Americano [es]. Retrieved 4 April 2026.