Mexican archer (born 2006)
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Ruiz and the second or maternal family name is
Rosales.
Ángela Ruiz Rosales (born 29 July 2006) is a Mexican archer competing in women's recurve events. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
She started archery at the age of nine years-old in her home city of Saltillo.[2]
Career
She made her under-18 debut at the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships in Poland.[3]
She was part of the Mexican team that won a first recurve women’s team title in a stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya in 2023. Ruiz subsequently finished runner-up individually at the next leg of the world tour in Medellin.[4]
She won a gold medal in the teams event at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in 2023.[5] She also won a silver medal in the women’s recurve team at the 2023 Pan American Games.[6]
She was selected for the team and individual events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the age of 17 years-old at the start of the games she was the youngest member of the Mexican delegation to the Games.[7]
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