Laura Aleida Sánchez Soto (born October 16, 1985, in

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) is a Mexican female diver. She has represented her native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 2004 (

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). Sánchez scored her first Olympic medal on August 5, 2012, in London when she won the bronze in 3 meter springboard diving. Sánchez also won two gold medals at the

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in 2011, one gold and one silver in 2007, and two silver in 2003.

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1985 births Living people Mexican female divers Olympic divers of Mexico Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Olympic medalists in diving Divers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 2003 Pan American Games Divers at the 2007 Pan American Games Divers at the 2011 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Universiade medalists in diving World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in diving Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican women 21st-century Mexican women {{Mexico-Olympic-medalist-stub