Alejandra Ortega

Alejandra Ortega
Personal information
Full nameAlejandra Ortega
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Mexico
SportRacewalking
Event20 km race walk
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Mexico
World Race Walking Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 Saransk Junior 10 km
Pan American Race Walking Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Guatemala City Junior 10 km
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 San Salvador 5 km race walk

Alejandra Ortega (born 8 July 1994 in Mexico City) is a female racewalker from Mexico. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, where she finished 9th[1] and at the 2015 Pan American Games where she finished 8th.[2] She competed in the 2016 Olympics, finishing 41st.

She was the gold medalist in the junior race at the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup, vanquishing her closest competitor by more than two minutes.[3] The previous year she was the silver medalist at the 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, where she set the North American Junior Record at 46:00.[4] She was also champion at the 2012 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics.[5]

  1. ^ "20 Kilometres Race Walk Women - Final" (PDF). IAAF. August 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ^ "El portal único del gobierno. | gob.mx". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Mexico doiminate at Pan American Race Walking Cup - IAAF Race Walking Challenge | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. ^ "10 Kilometres Race Walk Women" (PDF). IAAF. May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Wjah.co.uk". Archived from the original on 31 August 2013.