Mexico - Sports & Women!

">sportswomen to the Pan American Games in Mexico
Ana GuevaraCity. They competed in athletics, basketball, diving,
Did you know- In Edmonton (Canada), Mexico's runnerequestrian, fencing, gymnastics, swimming,
Ana Guevara picked up a bronze medal in thesynchronized swimming, tennis, and volleyball. They
women's 400m (49,97 seconds) in the IAAF Worldwon five medals (1 silver and 4 bronze). On the other
Championships in 2001.hand, the best athletes were: Blanca Estrada (fencing),
Blanca GarciaAlejandra Vallejo (tennis), Blanca Garcia (volleyball), and
Did you know- By the late and early 1970s, Mexico'sCristina Betancourt (basketball). During the 1975
athlete Blanca Garcia was one of the most prominentGames, the women's basketball squad of Mexico, 6th
volleyball players in the Western Hemisphere, togetherin the FIBA World Cup in 1975, was runner-up (behind
with Luisa Fuentes (Peru) and Mercedes Pérezthe United States).
(Cuba). At the 1968 Mexico Olympics, she was one ofMexico
the best players. Two years later, by 1970, theDid you know- The nation's tennis player Rosa Maria
women's volleyball team from Mexico, under theReyes captured three continental titles in the Pan
leadership of Blanca Garcia, captured the gold medal inAmerican Games: Mexico City 1955 (doubles &
the Central American and Caribbean Games insingles) and Chicago 1959 (doubles). She also earned
Panama City. In the gold-medal game, Mexico hadthe gold medal in the women's doubles, with Yolanda
defeated Cuba.Ramírez, at the VIII Central American and Caribbean
Enriqueta BasilioGames in Caracas (Venezuela) in 1959.
Did you know- By 1968, Enriqueta Basilio madeSoraya Mendivil
international headlines when she carried the OlympicDid you know- Soraya Mendivil was one of
flame into the stadium at the opening ceremony of theweightlifting's greatest performers in the 2000s. Mexico
Olympic Games in Mexico City. Mexico's hurdler Basilio's weightlifter Mendivil won the gold medal in the
was the first woman to carry the Olympic flame.women's 58-kilogram category at the 2000 Summer
Maria Teresa RamirezGames in Sydney (Australia).
Did you know- Swimmer Maria Teresa RamírezYolanda Ramírez
picked up a bronze medal in the women's 800m at theDid you know- In 1963, for the third time in a row,
1968 Mexico Olympic Games. She was one of theYolanda Ramírez became Pan American champion
few female swimmers in Latin America to win an(mixed) in the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo
Olympic medal, along with Jeanette Campbell, Silvia(Brazil). In addition, Miss Ramírez captured a gold
Poll, Georgina Bardach, and Claudia Poll. By the earlymedal in the women's doubles in the Continental
1970s, she had won many gold medals at the XIGames in the United Mexican States in the late 50s.
Central American and Caribbean Games.From 1954 to 1959, she had won four medals in the
Pan American GamesCentral American and Caribbean Games. By 1958, she
Did you know- Between October 12 and October 26,and Rosie Reyes made history when they won the
the Mexican Olympic Committee sent a team of 77women's doubles at the French Open in Paris.