National sport
Adriana Ruano has become the face of sport in Guatemala. His success at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as the top protagonist in history, in a long list of great feats.
Guatemaltc athletes who have left their mark on Guatemalan sport. (Photoarte David Morales)
On Women’s Day we remember the five athletes who have marked a successful path and Batado with gold competitions of the Olympic cycle and in world championships.
The list of successful Guatemalans is long and each has represented the country with pride, From Graviola Ewing, selected of athletics that integrated the first national delegation into an Olympic Games, those of Helsinki 1952.
The top 5 integrate it Adriana Ruano, shooting with hunting weapons; Ana Gabriela Martínez, from Raquebol; Sofia Granda, from Boliche; Sofía Gómez, of artistic gymnastics; and Heidy Juárez, from Taekwondo.
Adriana Ruano is an example of struggle and persistence. CHe omitted in the ballet at 3 years, but a year later he went to artistic gymnastics; However, a column injury cut his career at age 16.
He knew the shot and accepted the challenge with the idea of reviving the dream of reaching an Olympic Games. That was in 2013, and since then has accumulated a success story, such as Gold at the Pan American Games of Santiago 2023 and the gold medal at the Olympic Games of Paris 2024.
Ana Gabriela Martínez, from Raquebol, It joins the summit of the national sport. The athlete has eight gold championships, in addition to the golden medal in the 2018 Absolute World Cup.
Bolichist Sofía Granda went up to the winning podium at the Akita World Cup, Japan 2001, While Sofía Gómez, from Gymnastics, signed a historic gold in the Pan American 2011.
Close the list of the best five Heidy Juárez, from Taekwondo, who was the first woman to win a Pan -American gold, In Winnipeg 1999.