Alejandra Valencia: Second Best Archer in the World Archery Ranking

Without having shot an arrow in 2024, Alejandra Valencia from Sonora was placed as the second best archer in the World Archery (International Archery Federation) ranking, which represents the highest status of her career in that world list.

Last Tuesday, the governing body of archery worldwide published on its social networks the updating of the places in the different modalitieswhere Valencia Trujillo appeared in second place on the women’s recurve table.

The three-time Olympian and bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020 is tied for second place in the World Archery, next to the American Casey Kaufholdonly behind the South Korean Lim Sihyeon, who started the year at the top.

The fourth is the British Penny Healy and in fifth position was the also originally from South Korea, Kang Chae Young.

In this way, Alejandra Valencia established a personal record, since her previous best place in the ranking was third, a position in which she was on two occasions, the most recent being in October 2023; the first was in September 2017.

All this after a spectacular 2023, where he won – for the third time in his career – the gold medal in the Panamerican Gamesalso won three gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

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Likewise, he obtained silver in the World Cup Finalheld in Sonora, and collected a bronze in the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Statistically speaking, Valencia Trujillo achieved other individual marks in 2023, such as an average of 9.22 points per arrow (previously it was 9.21 in 2021), which is the highest percentage of his career.

Furthermore, in a competition he completed 679 units, falling one short of his own record of 680 (which he achieved three years ago).

2024-01-06 18:29:53
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