Alejandra Valencia Trujillo (born 17 October 1994) is a Mexicanarcher.
She won two gold medals the2011 Pan American Games — women's team and women's individual.[3] She won bronze at 2011 World Archery Youth Championships recurve cadet women's individual.
Valencia competed both inLondon 2012 and inRio 2016. InLondon, at the age of 17, she lost the 1/16 eliminations in the individual competition,[4] while Mexico was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the women's team competition against Japan.[5]
In the 2016 Summer Olympics atRio de Janeiro, Valencia got all the way to the semi-finals, where she lost to German silver medalistLisa Unruh. Valencia also lost the bronze medal match against gold medalist from London 2012Ki Bo-Bae, which placed her in fourth place.[6] In the team competition, Mexico once again was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[7]
She has qualified to represent Mexico at the2020 Summer Olympics,[8] and has won the bronze medal together with Luis Álvarez in the first ever mixed archery event in the olympics.[9]
Two months later, she won the silver medal in thewomen's team event at the2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[10]
Valencia's parents are Elizabeth Trujillo and Francisco Valencia.[11][12] She is a fan of Japanese anime.[13]