Ángela Ruiz Rosales won the women’s recurve bronze medal at the Swiss Open Lausanne 2026, finishing as the sole podium finisher from the Coahuila delegation at the World Archery Excellence Centre in Switzerland, zocalo.com.mx reported. The tournament marked the start of the 2027 Indoor World Series season, drawing 379 archers from 30 countries to compete at an 18-meter distance indoors, vanguardia.com.mx reported.
Ruiz opened her elimination rounds in the dieciseisavos de final with a 6-0 victory over Switzerland’s Carla Sonmez, followed by a 6-2 win against Turkey’s Nisa Hayru, zocalo.com.mx reported. Vanguardia.com.mx specified the Turkish opponent’s full name as Hayru Nisa Ergün and noted that Ruiz had qualified in third place overall with 584 points, just behind fellow Mexican Ana Paula Vázquez, who scored 584 points with higher-value inner-ring shots, and the Netherlands’ Gaby Schloesser, who led qualification with 586 units.
Path to the Podium in Lausanne
In the quarterfinals, Ruiz defeated Spain’s Natalia Manjarrez 6-2 to advance to the semifinals, zocalo.com.mx reported. Her semifinal match against Moldova’s Alexandra Mirca ended tied 5-5 after five sets, forcing a shoot-out where both archers landed a ten, but Mirca’s arrow sat closer to the center to take the 6-5 victory, vanguardia.com.mx reported.
Relegated to the bronze-medal match, Ruiz faced Gaby Schloesser in a tight contest, zocalo.com.mx reported. Vanguardia.com.mx detailed that the third-place playoff was decided by a single tiebreak arrow, with the Mexican archer hitting a ten against a nine from the Dutch representative to secure the 6-5 match win and the bronze medal.
Results for the Coahuila and National Delegations
Ruiz’s podium finish contributed one of two medals secured by the Mexican national delegation, alongside Maya Becerra, who won gold in the compound archery division, zocalo.com.mx reported. Vanguardia.com.mx noted that Ruiz’s medal concluded the active competition for athletes representing Coahuila at the Swiss event.
🥇🥉 ¡México destaca en el Swiss Open Lausanne de tiro con arco! 🇲🇽🏹 Andrea Maya Becerra conquistó el primer lugar en arco compuesto femenil, mientras que Ángela Ruiz Rosales obtuvo el tercer puesto en recurvo olímpico femenil. ¡Felicidades a ambas arqueras! pic.twitter.com/LYHt25vxdI
In the rest of the state’s recurve contingent, Ana Paula Vázquez and Matías Grande exited in the quarterfinals, while Tadeo Rodríguez and Juan Pablo Tellezen were eliminated in the round of 16, zocalo.com.mx reported. In the compound discipline, Sebastián Sánchez exited in the round of 16 and Dafne Quintero fell in the quarterfinals.
Remaining Questions on the Indoor Circuit
With the opening event of the Indoor World Series concluded in Switzerland, official tournament schedules have yet to confirm which members of the Mexican national team will travel to the next leg of the international under-roof circuit. Archery officials have not announced whether Ruiz or her state teammates will appear at subsequent World Archery indoor stops ahead of the outdoor season.
Earlier coverage: Ángela Ruiz to compete for bronze at Swiss Open Lausanne 2026
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