Daniela Campuzano
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| Full name | Daniela Campuzano Chávez Peón | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1986 | ||||||||||||||
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Daniela Campuzano Chávez Peón (born 21 October 1986) is a Mexican mountain biker who qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She carried the Mexican flag at the opening ceremony during the Parade of Nations.[1]
Personal life
Campuzano was born on 21 October 1986 in Mexico City, Mexico.[2][3] She has a university degree in biology[4] from the Autonomous University of Hidalgo State.[5]
Mountain biking career
Campuzano began mountain biking in 1998.[1]
In the women's cross country event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, she finished in ninth position.[6]
At the 2013 Pan American cross country championships, held in Puebla, Mexico, she won the gold medal. She won the women's cross country event at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz, Mexico, taking the gold medal in a time of one hour 23 minutes and 30 seconds.[1][7] She won another gold medal at the Pan American cross country championships at the 2014 event in Brazil.[8] At the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway she finished 14th in the women's cross country.[1]
Campuzano won the Pan American cross country championships for the third time at the 2015 event in Cota, Colombia. In doing so she earned qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[9] She competed at her second Pan American Games at the 2015 Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the women's cross country she finished just outside of the medal in fourth place in a time of one hour 34 minutes 11 seconds.[10]
In the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup she placed 16th in the event held in La Bresse, France, in a time of one hour 34 minutes and 23 seconds.[11]
In May 2016 Mario Garcia de la Torre, head of the Mexican delegation, announced that Campuzano would carry the Mexican flag during the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.[1] She competed in the women's cross-country event on 20 August. She was the first mountain biker to represent Mexico at an Olympic Games[12] by finishing 16th[13]
Campuzano won the 2019 Pan American cross country Championships and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She placed 16th.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Cyclist Daniela Campuzano to carry Mexico's flag at Rio Olympics". Fox News Latino. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Cycling Mountain – Athlete Profile CAMPUZANO Daniela". Official website of the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Daniela Campuzano Chávez Peón". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Daniela Campuzano será la abanderada de México para Río 2016" (in Spanish). Comex Masters. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Buholegal Consultation system of professional licenses". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Irmiger wins first US gold medal at Pan Am Games". Cycling News. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Women's Cross Country Final Results" (PDF). veracruz2014.mx. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Ettinger and Campuzano win Pan American cross country championships". Cycling News. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Campuzano logra boleto a Río 2016". Televisa Deportes (in Spanish). 29 March 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Cycling Mountain – Results – Women's XCO Finals". Official website of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Daniela Campuzano termina en el lugar 16 en la Copa del Mundo". Esto (in Spanish). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Peña, Patricia (31 May 2016). "Daniela Campuzano, abanderada mexicana para Río 2016" (in Spanish). El Diario NTR. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Daniela Campuzano 16a en la montaña" (in Spanish). Sportspedia México. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
