Victoria Velasco Fuentes (born 5 August 2002) is a Mexican cyclist.
In June 2021, Velasco won the
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with
Yareli Acevedo at the
Pan American Track Cycling Championships
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in
Lima
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,
Peru
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. Prior to that, on 29 May 2021, Velasco also won the
omnium
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at the Mexican Olympic trials in
Guadalajara
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. However, a registration error by the Mexican federation made her ineligible to compete at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
and was discovered just days before the opening ceremony. Velasco won the bronze medal at the
2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships
The 2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the National Sports Village ( VIDENA) velodrome in Lima, Peru from 10 to 14 August 2022.
Medal summary Men
Women
Medal table
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in Lima, Peru in August 2022, in the
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
.
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2002 births
Living people
Mexican female cyclists
Mexican track cyclists
21st-century Mexican women
Sportspeople from Monterrey
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Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Mexico