Ángela Ruiz

Ángela Ruiz
Personal information
Born (2006-07-29) 29 July 2006[1]
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Sport
CountryMexico
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  Mexico
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Team
World Championships
2023 Berlin Team
World Cup
2023 Antalya Team
2023 Medellín Individual
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championships
2024 Medellín Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
2023 San Salvador Team
2023 San Salvador Individual

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]

References

  1. ^ "Angela Ruiz". Eurosport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "AN EYE ON 2024 OLYMPIANS". theeyehuatulco. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ Calle, Cristina (23 June 2023). "Ruiz's emergence for Mexico makes women's team world title contender". world archery. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ Wells, Chris (10 March 2024). "Valencia to lead new-look Mexican squad towards Olympics in 2024". world archery. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Young Mexican Archer Angela Ruiz Making Waves in Archery World With Impressive Resume". archysport. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Angela Ruiz wins team silver in Santiago 2023". indec.gob.mx. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Meet Angela Ruiz: The Youthful Archer Making Waves in Mexican Sport". Archy Sport. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.