Ana Guevara
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Medal record
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Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (born March 4, 1977) is a Mexican former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters and is the 7th fastest female 300-meter runner in the world, running 300 meters in 35.3 seconds on May 3, 2003. She served as a Mexican Senator for the 2012–2018 term.
Early life
Guevara was born in
Athletic career
Ana's career began in 1996 when she started participating in her first international competition. In 1998, she won two silver medals in the
Her first major victory was the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 1999 Pan American Games in Canada. A year later, she qualified to the 2000 Sydney Olympics going to the 400 meters finals, finishing with a reasonable 5th place with a time of 49.96 seconds.[1] After that race, she won 28 consecutive international races before a second-place finish in Rome in July 2004.
In 2001, she won the 400-meter race at the
In 2002, she won all seven competitions of 400 m of the
In 2003, she defended her title in the 400 m at the 2003 Pan American Games winning the gold medal. She won the 400-meter race at the Weltklasse Zürich, one of the two 400 m events held at Golden League competitions that year. Later, on August 27, 2003, in Paris, France, she won the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in the women's 400 meters. She set a personal record, a national record, and a world-leading time, finishing in 48.89 seconds. She won the 400 m at the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco.
Guevara made her second Olympic appearance in 2004 as the flag carrier for the Mexican delegation and represented her country in the 400 m. After winning her heat in the first round, and her corresponding semi-final, she would go on to win the silver medal in the final. This was Mexico's first Olympic medal in athletics outside of race walking. She won the 400 m at the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco.
A year later, at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she won the bronze medal in the 400 meters with a time of 49.81 seconds, despite the heavy rainfall that occurred during the event.
In 2007, for the third consecutive time, she won the gold medal in the 400 m at the 2007 Pan American Games. In addition, she led Mexico's 4 × 400 m relay team to a second-place finish. About a month later, at the age of 30, Guevara participated in her fourth World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan. She finished in fourth place with a season-best time of 50.16 seconds, just 0.01 seconds ahead of 24-year-old DeeDee Trotter of the United States.
On January 16, 2008, she announced her retirement from all competitions due to conflicts with Mariano Lara, the then president of the Mexican Athletics Federation. No help was received at that time from Carlos Hermosillo, director of the CONADE (Comision Nacional de Cultura Fisica y Deporte), who did not act rapidly and the problem only grew bigger and continued for months. Ana finally said, "My retirement from sport in Mexico is now definitive, I contemplated the possibility of participating independently at the Olympic Games, but my dream was to participate for my country."
Political career
In 2009, Guevara entered politics, standing as the
On December 13, 2016, near Mexico City, Guevara was struck by a car while riding her motorcycle and was then physically beaten by the four men who were in the car. News outlets created a national outrage over this incident.[2][3]
Personal bests
Date | Event | Venue | Time |
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2003 | 300 m | Mexico City, Mexico
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35.30 WB |
2003 | 400 m | Paris, France
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48.89 NR
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2000 | 4 × 400 m | Osaka, Japan
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3:27.14 NR
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1998 | 800 m | Maracaibo, Venezuela
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2:01.12 NR
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Achievements
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ana Guevara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Mexican Senator Ana Gabriela Guevara beaten by men after road crash". BBC News. 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Former Olympic medalist beaten in Mexico". 13 December 2016.
- ^ 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final 400 m results Archived October 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF
- ^ 2001 Herculis competition at Monaco results. The-Sports.org
- ^ 2003 World Athletics Final at Monaco results. The-Sports.org
- ^ 2004 World Athletics Final at Monaco results. The-Sports.org
External links
- Official website
- Ana Guevara at World Athletics
- Ana Guevara at Olympics.com
- Ana Guevara at Olympedia