Alexa Moreno

Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (born 8 August 1994)[2] is a Mexican artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 World bronze medalist on vault, the first Mexican female gymnast to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She represented Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she was the second reserve for the all-around final and at the 2020 Olympics where she placed fourth in the vault final. She won a silver medal on vault at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and a bronze medal on vault at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships. She is also a five-time medalist on the FIG World Cup circuit. She is the 2011 Pan American Games and 2014 and 2018 Pan American Championships team bronze medalist and the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games team gold medalist.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moreno and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
Alexa Moreno
Moreno in 2016
Personal information
Full nameAlexa Citlali Moreno Medina
Country represented Mexico
Born (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994
Mexicali, Mexico
Height1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Head coach(es)Alfredo Hueto
Assistant coach(es)Karla Retiz
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Doha Vault
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 MedellínVault
Silver medal – second place2023 MedellínTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Mississauga Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lima Team
Pacific Rim Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 MelbourneVault
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2010 MayagüezTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 VeracruzTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorVault
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorFloor Exercise
Silver medal – second place2010 MayagüezVault
Silver medal – second place2023 San SalvadorAll-Around
Bronze medal – third place2023 San SalvadorBalance Beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 0 1
World Challenge Cup 2 3 1
Total 2 3 2

Career

Moreno began gymnastics when she was three years old.[3]

Moreno won the bronze medal on the vault at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships behind Dominique Pegg and Emily Little.[4] Then at the Central American and Caribbean Games, she won the team gold medal and also won the vault silver medal behind teammate Elsa García.[5] The Mexican team finished twenty-first during the qualification round for the 2010 World Championships.[6]

Moreno did not compete at the 2011 Pan American Games due to a meniscus injury the day before the competition began, but she still received the bronze medal the Mexican team won.[1] Then at the World Championships, the Mexican team finished seventeenth in the qualification round, and Moreno qualified for the vault final where she finished seventh.[7][8]

At the 2012 Zibo World Challenge Cup, Moreno won the silver medal on the vault behind Cheng Fei.[9] Then at the Ghent World Challenge Cup, she won her first FIG World Cup gold medal on the vault.[10]

Moreno finished fourth with the Mexican team at the 2013 Universiade, and she placed fifth in the vault final.[11][12]

Moreno won a bronze medal with the Mexican team at the 2014 Pan American Championships. She also placed sixth in the all-around, seventh in the vault, and fifth in the uneven bars.[13][14] At the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China, she helped the Mexican team place fourteenth with qualified the team for the 2015 World Championships. She qualified for the vault final and placed seventh.[15] Then at the Central American and Caribbean Games, she won the gold medal with the Mexican team and also placed ninth in the all-around and eighth in the uneven bars.[16]

Moreno won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2015 Mexican Championships.[17] She also won the all-around bronze medal at the Olimpiada Nacional.[18] Then at the Anadia World Challenge Cup, she won the silver medal on the vault behind Marcia Videaux.[19] She missed the 2015 Pan American Games due to a broken cheekbone.[1] She returned to competition at the World Championships and finished seventh in the vault final.[20] After the World Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around at the Arthur Gander Memorial.[21] Then at the Swiss Cup, she competed on a mixed-team with Daniel Corral, and they finished eighth.[22]

Moreno qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Test Event where she finished twenty-second in the all-around.[23][24] She then won the silver medal on the vault at the Anadia World Challenge Cup behind Marcia Videaux.[25] She represented Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished thirty-first in the all-around during the qualification round, making her the second reserve for the all-around final.[26]

Moreno did not compete in 2017 to focus on her studies.[3]

Moreno won the all-around bronze medal at the 2018 Mexican Championships and won the vault title.[27] Then at the Mexican Trial Meet, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Frida Esparza.[28] She won the team bronze medal at the Pan American Championships and also placed fourth in the all-around.[29] She won the vault bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships in Doha behind Simone Biles and Shallon Olsen and became the first Mexican female gymnast to win a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[30][31] She was only the second Mexican gymnast to win a World medal after Daniel Corral won a silver medal on the pommel horse in 2013.[32] After the World Championships, she competed at the Cottbus World Cup and finished fourth on the vault.[33] Additionally, the Mexican team placed nineteenth in the qualification round.[34] She then competed at the Toyota International and won the gold medal on the vault and placed eighth on the floor exercise.[35]

Moreno finished fourth on the vault at the 2019 Melbourne World Cup.[36] She then won the bronze medal on the vault at the Baku World Cup behind Jade Carey and Oksana Chusovitina.[37] She once again placed fourth on the vault at the Doha World Cup.[38] At the Mexican Championships, she won the vault title and placed seventh in the all-around. Then at the Korea Cup, she won the bronze medal on the vault behind Yeo Seo-jeong and Oksana Chusovitina.[39] At the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, she finished sixth in the vault final and qualified for the 2020 Olympics with her fortieth-place all-around finish in the qualification round.[40][41][42]

Moreno represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics and became only the second Mexican female gymnast to qualify for a final after Denisse López qualified for the vault final at the 2000 Olympic Games.[43] She finished fourth in the vault final by less than one-tenth behind bronze medalist Yeo Seo-jeong.[44] She announced her retirement after the Olympics.[45]

In March 2023, Moreno announced her return to training and intent to attend the 2023 Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Medellín, Colombia.[46]

Moreno represented Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, where she earned a gold medal on the vault with a score of 13.700.[47][48]

Moreno was the female flag bearer of the Mexican national team at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador, where she won three gold medals (team event, floor, vault), one silver (individual all-around) and one bronze (beam).[49][50]

At the 2023 Paris World Challenge Cup, Moreno won gold in the vault final as well as bronze in the floor exercise final behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos and Jade Barbosa.[51][52]

Awards

In November 2019, Moreno won the Premio Nacional de Deportes 2019 (National Sports Prize 2019) in the "non-professional" category.[53] Also in 2019, she won the Woman of the Year poll in the El Financiero newspaper and was recognized as one of the 100 most powerful women in Mexico by Forbes Mexico magazine.[31][54]

Sponsorships

Moreno starred in a Toyota commercial during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Toyota is one of her sponsors.[55][56]

Personal life

During the 2016 Olympics, Moreno was bullied and fat-shamed on social media.[57] In December 2021, she graduated with a degree in Architecture from the University of the Valley of Mexico, Mexicali campus.[31][58] She admires Mexican Taekwondo athlete María Espinoza.[59] She is a k-pop and anime fan, her floor music at the 2020 Olympics is from the anime 'Demon Slayer'. [60][61]

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2010Pacific Rim Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Central American and Caribbean Games1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships21
2011
Pan American Games3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships177
2012Zibo World Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ghent World Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013Summer Universiade45
2014
Pan American Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)675
World Championships147
Central American and Caribbean Games1st place, gold medalist(s)98
2015Mexican Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)42nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olimpiada Nacional3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)102nd place, silver medalist(s)
Anadia World Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
World Championships217
Arthur Gander Memorial7
Swiss Cup8
2016Olympic Test Event22
Anadia World Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)4
Olympic GamesR2
2018Mexican Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)63rd place, bronze medalist(s)29
Mexican Trial Meet2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)51st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4513108
World Championships193rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup4
Toyota International1st place, gold medalist(s)8
2019Melbourne World Cup4
Baku World Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Doha World Cup4
Mexican Championships71st place, gold medalist(s)41910
Korea Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships21406
2021
Olympic Games4
2023
Pan American Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)51st place, gold medalist(s)
Central American & Caribbean Games1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris World Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships14184
Pan American Games4

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