Kimberly Salazar
| Kimberly Salazar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kimberly Salazar Lopez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 2004 Xalapa, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2017- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kimberly Salazar (born 24 April 2004) is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast,[1] member of the national senior group.
Personal life[edit]
Kimberly took up the sport at age 7, she practised athletics but after watching some girls with so much flexibility she enrolled in rhythmic gymnastics.[2][1] She says the most influential people in her career are her parents and her coaches.[3]
Career[edit]
Salazar debuted at the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships taking 10th place in the All-Around, 8th place with hoop, 16th with ball, 13th with clubs and 17th with ribbon.[4][5][6] In 2019 she competed at the 1st Junior World Championships in Moscow, competing with rope and ribbon and placing 52nd and 28th.[7]
In 2022 she was included into the national senior group, debuting at the World Cup in Portimão, being 4th in the All-Around and winning two historical medals, the first in the circuit for the country: bronze with 5 hoops and gold with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[8][9] A week later, in Pesaro, they took 7th place in the All-Around and 5th in both event finals.[10] In July she competed at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, winning silver in the All-Around and with 5 hoops and gold with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[11][12] A month later she was in Cluj-Napoca with the group for the last World Cup of the year, ending 4th in the All-Around and with 5 hoops as well as 6th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[13][14] In September Kimberly represented Mexico along Dalia Alcocer, Nicole Cejudo, Sofia Flores and Adirem Tejeda at the World Championships in Sofia, taking 6th place in the All-Around, 6th with 5 hoops and 8th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[15]
Achievements[edit]
- Part of the first group that was awarded a medal in the World Cup circuit when she won bronze in Portimão in 2022.
- Part of the first group that was awarded a gold medal in the World Cup circuit in Portimão in 2022.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "SALAZAR Kimberly - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Digital, Milenio. "Gimnasta mexicana vende calendarios para poder competir en EU". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "Kimberly Salazar trasciende en Panamericano de Gimnasia Rítmica". MÁSNOTICIAS (in Spanish). 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "2017 Junior Pan Am All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2017 Junior Pan Am Qualifications" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2017 Junior Pan Am Finals" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Deporte, Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y. "Selección de gimnasia rítmica gana oro y bronce en World Challenge Cup". gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pesaro 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Groups All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Groups Finals" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Cluj-Napoca World Cup Groups All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 Cluj-Napoca World Cup Groups Finals" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2022 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Mexican rhythmic gymnasts
- People from Xalapa
- Sportspeople from Veracruz
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Pan American Championships
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics