Alejandra Ortega
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Alejandra Ortega (born 8 July 1994 in
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
) is a female racewalker from Mexico. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the
2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...
in
Beijing, China } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, where she finished 9th and at the 2015
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...
where she finished 8th. She competed in the
2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
, finishing 41st. She was the gold medalist in the junior race at the
2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup The 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. The track of the Cup runs in the Avenida Simeón Cañas, Zona 2. A detailed report was given by Fernando Ruiz Del Valle. Complete results were published. Med ...
, vanquishing her closest competitor by more than two minutes. The previous year she was the silver medalist at the
2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Saransk, Russia, on 12–13 May 2012.North American Junior Record at 46:00. She was also champion at the
2012 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics The 19th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González in San Salvador, El Salvador, between 29 June and 1 July 2012. The event was open for athletes from the invited countries, that are ...
.


See also

* Mexico at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics


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* 1994 births Living people Mexican female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century Mexican women 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-athletics-bio-stub