Ana Soto

Ana Waleska Soto Abril (born 14 August 1990) is a Guatemalan sport shooter and former softball player. She competed in the women's trap event at the

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. She qualified to Paris 2024 Summer Games Olympics by winning the gold medal at th
XIV Championship CAT 2024 Shotgun competition in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic.
Guatemalan Women Trap Record Holder 118 at the Grand Prix, Granada, Spain Waleska Soto started out as a softball player, winning a bronze medal with the Guatemalan national team at the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

in Puerto Rico, although she learned the sport of shooting as a teenager through a summer camp. She earned a scholarship to play softball at Martin Methodist College in the United States, where she began shooting again. Soto competed in both sports at the

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico.Sport page

, winning a silver medal in the
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event. She won a bronze medal in the same event at the
2017 Bolivarian Games The 2017 Bolivarian Games, officially the XVIII Bolivarian Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 11–25 November 2017, in Santa Marta, Colombia. Host city selection Ciudad Bolivar (Venezuela) and Santa Marta (Colomb ...
, and placed fourth at the
2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...
to qualify for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. She won Gold at the 2022 Bolivarian Games celebrated in Valledupar. She won the Silver medal at the 2023 Central American and the Caribbean Games. this same year she won Silver medal at th
2023 Panamerican Games in Santiago
and one more time in 2024 won the Gold medal at the 2024 CAT Shotgun Championship in Santo Domingo. On July 3, 2024, the Guatemalan Olympic Committee, choicen to she and the male badminton player Kevin Cordón as the flag bearers to París 2024.

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* 1990 births Living people Guatemalan female sport shooters Guatemalan softball players Olympic shooters for Guatemala Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Guatemala Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in shooting Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in softball Shooters at the 2019 Pan American Games Shooters at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Guatemala City 21st-century Guatemalan women 21st-century Guatemalan people Bolivarian Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Bolivarian Games medalists in shooting {{Guatemala-sportshooting-bio-stub