MORENO Alexa

Mexico

Artistic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 8 Aug 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.49/4'10''

Place of birth: MEXICALI

Birth Country:

Mexico

Place of residence : TIJUANA

Residence Country:

Mexico

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Artistic Gymnastics	Women's All-Around
	Women's Vault	4
	Women's Uneven Bars
	Women's Balance Beam
	Women's Floor Exercise

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Vault	Women's Vault Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	VT	AA
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	51	28	59	12	31

World Championships

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	VT	AA	Team
2019	Stuttgart, GER	72	88	80	6	40	21
2018	Doha, QAT	78	53	81	3	33	19
2015	Glasgow, GBR	109	62	66	7	40	21
2014	Nanning, CHN	56	117	91	7	39	14
2011	Tokyo, JPN	-	77	144	7	177	17
2010	Rotterdam, NED	143	154	-	-	163	21

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	VT	AA	Team
2018	Lima, PER	10	8	13	5	4	3

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	VT
2019/2020	1 x 3rd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2019/2020	Vault	Baku, AZE	14.249
4	2019/2020	Vault	Doha, QAT	14.400
4	2019/2020	Vault	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	14.066
4	2019/2020	Vault	Cottbus, GER	14.279

Legend
BB - Balance Beam, FX - Floor Excercise, UB - Uneven Bars, VT - Vault, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Hobbies:

Reading, watching TV and movies, manga comics, drawing, singing, dancing. (Twitter profile, 29 Mar 2019, 02 Apr 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Architecture - University of the Valley of Mexico, Mexico

Languages spoken:

Spanish

Club name:

AGimnasia [Tijuana, MEX]

Coach:

Alfredo Hueto [personal], ESP

Injuries:

She sustained a blow to the head while competing on balance beam at the 2019 Mexican national championships in Queretaro. She had to undergo tests on injury that meant she missed the last stage of the selection process for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and she was not called up to the national team for the Games. (excelsior.com.mx, 06 Jun 2019)

She underwent surgery on the meniscus in her left knee in April 2017. (esto.com.mx, 07 Feb 2018)

She tore a muscle three weeks before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, but recovered to compete at the Games. (segundoasegundo.com, 17 Aug 2016)

A broken cheekbone suffered in training forced her to miss the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (stmedia.net, 07 Jul 2015)

The day before the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, she suffered a meniscus injury that sidelined her for several months. (ensaladadeportivabaja.net, 06 Jul 2015)

Start:

She took up gymnastics at age three. (esto.com.mx, 04 Mar 2018)

Reason:

Her mother enrolled her in the sport. (publimetro.com.mx, 05 Oct 2016)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sandiegouniontribune.com, 06 May 2020)

Training:

She trains up to seven hours a day in Tijuana, Mexico. (Milenio YouTube channel, 22 Dec 2019)

Memorable:

Winning bronze at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (razon.com.mx, 07 Nov 2018)

Hero:

Uzbekistani artistic gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, US artistic gymnast Alicia Sacramone, Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura. (milenio.com, 08 Mar 2017; Twitter profile, 02 Apr 2019)

Influence:

Her parents. (milenio.com, 08 Mar 2017)

Philosophy:

"When you get out of your comfort zone you confirm you are capable of achieving more than you believed." (instyle.mx, 22 May 2017)

Award:

In 2019 she received the Sports Merit Medal from the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. (forbes.com.mx, 05 Mar 2020)

She received the 2019 Mexican National Sports Award in the amateur category. (gob.mx, 07 Nov 2019)

She was recipient of the 2019 Baja California State Sports Award in Mexico. (corat.mx, 13 Nov 2019)

General Interest

General
POST-OLYMPIC BREAK
After the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she took a break from the sport to focus on her architecture studies. She also underwent surgery in April 2017 on her left knee. She returned to competition in February 2018. (esto.com.mx, 07 Feb 2018)

ONLINE BULLYING
During the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she was targeted online by critics of her body shape at the competition. "I was sad. It really hurt me. I am not an emotionless robot. And it was my birthday as well. However, my parents were there and they helped bring me back to earth. In the end you should only pay attention to the criticisms from those who care about you." In 2017 she took part in an anti-bullying advertising campaign that aimed to inspire women. (debate.com.mx, 15 Aug 2017)

Milestones

She became the first Mexican female artistic gymnast to win a medal at the world championships when she won bronze on vault at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 May 2019; com.org.mx, 02 Nov 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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