Silvia Angúlo Rugeles (born September 14, 1983, in

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) is a Colombian

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player. She won gold medals in the

2010 South American Games The IX South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') was a multi-sport event held between 19 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organi ...

and

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 ...

. She achieved her highest world ranking of 66 in March 2007.

Squash titles

Angúlo won gold in women's singles at the

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in 2004. She joined the

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in 2005. At the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

, she won a bronze medal as part of the Colombian women's squash team alongside María Isabel Restrepo and Catalina Peláez. She won a gold meal for women's singles at the 2008 Pan American Squash Championships in Ecuador. In 2010, she won a gold medal with Pelaez in women's doubles at the

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. In 2011, she won silver in women's doubles at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

References

1983 births Living people Colombian female squash players South American Games gold medalists for Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in squash Pan American Games medalists in squash Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia Squash players at the 2007 Pan American Games Squash players at the 2011 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in squash Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Bucaramanga 20th-century Colombian women 21st-century Colombian women {{Colombia-squash-bio-stub