Mexican Medals at the 2024 Olympics
by Allan Wall
The 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris from 24 July to 11 August. Mexico won 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals, but no gold.
This was an improvement over the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021) in which Mexico won 4 bronze medals but no silver or gold.
Looking at the big picture, there were Olympic teams from 204 countries and territories. In addition, there was a Refugee Olympic Team in competition.
Because of the Russia-Ukraine War, both Russia and its ally Belarus were not allowed to send a team. However, some athletes from those two countries competed as “Individual Neutral Athletes” provided that they didn’t actively support the war.
The U.S. team won the largest amount of total medals at 126, followed by China at 91. The two countries tied in quantity of gold medals at 40 apiece.
Other countries with high medal counts were Japan with 45 (20 gold), Australia at 53 (18 gold), host country France with 64 (16 gold), the Netherlands with 34 (15 gold), Great Britain with 65 (14 gold), South Korea with 32 (13 gold), Italy with 33 (12 gold) and Germany with 33 (12 gold).
There were 107 Mexican athletes competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics, in 24 sports.
MEXICAN MEDALS AT THE 2024 OLYMPICS
THE SILVER MEDALS:
PRISCA AWITI
She won a silver in
Women’s 63 Kilogram Judo
on July 30th, 2024.
Prisca was born in England. Her father
is from Kenya and her mother
is from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
MARCO VERDE
Marco Verde won a silver medal
in Men’s 71 kilogram boxing on
August 9th, 2024.
Marco was born in Mazatlan, Sinaloa.
OSMAR OLVERA AND JUAN CELAYA
Osmar Olvera and Juana Celaya won silver in men’s synchronized 3 metre springboard diving, on August 2nd.
Osmar was born in Mexico City and Juan Celaya in San Nicholas de los Garza, which is part of the Monterrey metroplex.
BRONZE MEDALS
OSMAR OLVERA
On August 8th, Osmar won a bronze medal in men’s 3 metre springboard diving.
THE WOMEN’S ARCHERY TEAM
The first medal won by Mexican athletes was on July 28th. The three members of the team were, from left to right in photo above: Alejandra Valencia, Ana Paula Vazquez and Angela Ruiz.
Alejandra is the only Mexican Olympian who medaled in both the 2020 Summer Olympics (in 2021) and in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Alejandra was born in Hermosillo, Sonora. Angela Ruiz was born in Saltillo. Ana Paula Vazquez was born in Ramos Arizpe, which is part of the Saltillo metroplex.
Here’s a photo of the team biting their medals. From left to right: Angela Ruiz, Alejandra Valencia and Ana Paula Vazquez.
GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS OF MEXICAN MEDALISTS
There were 7 Mexican athletes who won medals.
Of the seven, Prisca Awiti was born in England (to a Mexican mother) and has three citizenships: British, Kenyan and Mexican.
Osmar Olvera was born in Mexico City.
The other five all hail from northern Mexico: Angela Ruiz (Saltillo), Ana Paula Vazquez (Ramos Arizpe), Alejandra Valencia (Hermosillo), Juan Celaya (San Nicolas de los Garza), Marco Verde (Mazatlan).
Coahuila is the only state claiming two of the medalists: Angela Ruiz and Ana Paula Vazquez.
Source: Mexico News Report
