Mexican artistic gymnast
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Moreno and the second or maternal family name is
Medina .
Alexa Moreno
Moreno in 2016
Full name Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina Country represented
Mexico Born (1994-08-08 ) 8 August 1994 (age 29)
Mexicali ,
Mexico Height 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
[1] Discipline
Women's artistic gymnastics Level Senior International Elite Head coach(es) Alfredo Hueto Assistant coach(es) Karla Retiz
Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (born 8 August 1994)
[2] is a Mexican
artistic gymnast . She is the
2018 World bronze medalist on
vault , the first Mexican female gymnast to medal at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships . She represented
Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she was the second reserve for
the all-around final and
at the 2020 Olympics where she placed fourth in
the vault final . She will represent
Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics . She is the
2023 Pan American champion on vault. She won a silver medal on vault at the
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and a bronze medal on vault at the
2010 Pacific Rim Championships . She is also a seven-time medalist on the
FIG World Cup circuit . She is the
2011 Pan American Games and
2014 and
2018 Pan American Championships team bronze medalist and the 2010,
2014 , and
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games team gold medalist.
Career
Moreno began gymnastics when she was three years old.
[3]
2010—2013: Early senior career
Moreno won the bronze medal on the vault at the
2010 Pacific Rim Championships behind
Dominique Pegg and
Emily Little .
[4] Then at the
Central American and Caribbean Games , she won the team gold medal and also won the vault silver medal behind teammate
Elsa García .
[5] The Mexican team finished twenty-first during
the qualification round for the
2010 World Championships .
[6]
Moreno did not compete at the
2011 Pan American Games due to a meniscus injury the day before the competition began, but she still received the bronze medal the Mexican team won.
[1] Then at the
World Championships , the Mexican team finished seventeenth in
the qualification round , and Moreno qualified for the vault final where she finished seventh.
[7]
[8]
At the
2012 Zibo World Challenge Cup , Moreno won the silver medal on the vault behind
Cheng Fei .
[9] Then at the Ghent World Challenge Cup, she won her first
FIG World Cup gold medal on the vault.
[10]
Moreno finished fourth with the Mexican
team at the
2013 Universiade , and she placed fifth in
the vault final .
[11]
[12]
2014—2017: First Olympics
Moreno won a bronze medal with the Mexican team at the
2014 Pan American Championships . She also placed sixth in the all-around, seventh in the vault, and fifth in the
uneven bars .
[13]
[14] At the
2014 World Championships in
Nanning, China , she helped the Mexican team place fourteenth with qualified the team for the 2015 World Championships. She qualified for the vault final and placed seventh.
[15] Then at the
Central American and Caribbean Games , she won the gold medal with the Mexican team and also placed ninth in the all-around and eighth in the uneven bars.
[16]
Moreno won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2015 Mexican Championships.
[17] She also won the all-around bronze medal at the Olimpiada Nacional.
[18] Then at the
Anadia World Challenge Cup , she won the silver medal on the vault behind
Marcia Videaux .
[19] She missed the
2015 Pan American Games due to a broken cheekbone.
[1] She returned to competition at the
World Championships and finished seventh in the vault final.
[20] After the World Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around at the Arthur Gander Memorial.
[21] Then at the Swiss Cup, she competed on a mixed-team with
Daniel Corral , and they finished eighth.
[22]
Moreno
qualified for the
2016 Olympic Games at the
Olympic Test Event where she finished twenty-second in the all-around.
[23]
[24] She then won the silver medal on the vault at the
Anadia World Challenge Cup behind
Marcia Videaux .
[25] She represented
Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished thirty-first in the all-around during
the qualification round , making her the second reserve for
the all-around final .
[26]
Moreno did not compete in 2017 to focus on her studies.
[3]
2018—2021: World medalist and second Olympics
Moreno won the all-around bronze medal at the 2018 Mexican Championships and won the vault title.
[27] Then at the Mexican Trial Meet, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind
Frida Esparza .
[28] She won the team bronze medal at the
Pan American Championships and also placed fourth in the all-around.
[29] She won the vault bronze medal at the
2018 World Championships in
Doha behind
Simone Biles and
Shallon Olsen and became the first Mexican female gymnast to win a medal at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships .
[30]
[31] She was only the second Mexican gymnast to win a World medal after
Daniel Corral won a silver medal on the pommel horse in 2013.
[32] After the World Championships, she competed at the Cottbus World Cup and finished fourth on the vault.
[33] Additionally, the Mexican team placed nineteenth in the qualification round.
[34] She then competed at the Toyota International and won the gold medal on the vault and placed eighth on the
floor exercise .
[35]
Moreno finished fourth on the vault at the
2019 Melbourne World Cup .
[36] She then won the bronze medal on the vault at the Baku World Cup behind
Jade Carey and
Oksana Chusovitina .
[37] She once again placed fourth on the vault at the Doha World Cup.
[38] At the Mexican Championships, she won the vault title and placed seventh in the all-around. Then at the Korea Cup, she won the bronze medal on the vault behind
Yeo Seo-jeong and
Oksana Chusovitina .
[39] At the
2019 World Championships in
Stuttgart , she finished sixth in the vault final and
qualified for the 2020 Olympics with her fortieth-place all-around finish in the qualification round.
[40]
[41]
[42]
Moreno represented
Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics and became only the second Mexican female gymnast to qualify for a final after
Denisse López qualified for the vault final at the
2000 Olympic Games .
[43] She finished fourth in
the vault final by less than one-tenth behind bronze medalist
Yeo Seo-jeong .
[44] She announced her retirement after the Olympics.
[45]
2023: Comeback
In March 2023, Moreno announced her return to training and intent to attend the
2023 Pan American Championships in Medellín, Colombia.
[46] She represented Mexico at the
2023 Pan American Championships , where she earned a gold medal on the vault with a score of 13.700.
[47] Additionally, she helped the Mexican team win the silver medal behind the United States.
[48] She was the female flag bearer for Mexico at the
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in
San Salvador, El Salvador , where she won gold medals with the team and on floor exercise and vault. She also won the silver medal in the all-around and the bronze medal on the balance beam.
[49]
[50]
At the
2023 Paris World Challenge Cup , Moreno won gold in the vault final as well as bronze in the floor exercise final behind
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos and
Jade Barbosa .
[51]
[52] Then at the
World Championships , the Mexican team finished 14th in the qualification round, missing out on a
team quota for the 2024 Olympic Games by two positions.
[53] However, Moreno secured an individual quota by finishing third all-around among the eligible athletes.
[54] She finished 18th in the all-around final and fourth in the vault final.
[55]
[56] She represented
Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games despite dealing with a knee injury. She only competed on the uneven bars and helped the Mexican team finish fourth.
[57]
Awards
In November 2019, Moreno won the Premio Nacional de Deportes 2019 (National Sports Prize 2019) in the "non-professional" category.
[58] Also in 2019, she won the Woman of the Year poll in the
El Financiero newspaper and was recognized as one of the 100 most powerful women in Mexico by
Forbes Mexico magazine.
[31]
[59]
Moreno starred in a
Toyota commercial during the
2020 Tokyo Olympics , and Toyota is one of her sponsors.
[60]
[61]
Personal life
During the
2016 Olympics , Moreno was bullied and fat-shamed on social media.
[62] In December 2021, she graduated with a degree in Architecture from the University of the Valley of Mexico, Mexicali campus.
[31]
[63] She admires Mexican Taekwondo athlete
María Espinoza .
[64] She is a k-pop and anime fan and her floor music at the
2020 Olympics is from the anime '
Demon Slayer '.
[65]
[66]
Competitive history
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