JIMENEZ Joana

Artistic Swimming

Date of Birth: 19 Aug 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.66/5'5''

Place of birth: ECATEPEC DE MORELOS

Birth Country:

Mexico

Place of residence : MEXICO CITY

Residence Country:

Mexico

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Swimming	Duet MEX Mexico	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Free Routine Preliminary	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Technical Routine	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Duet Free Routine Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Solo TR	Duet TR	Duet FR	Team TR	Team FR	FR Combination
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	11th (84.993)	11th (86.100)	10th (85.661)	10th (87.033)	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	10th (82.450)	-	-	8th (85.966)	8th (87.900)	6th (88.733)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	-	9th (84.843)	8th (87.633)	9th (86.567)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	-	-	-	11th (83.700)	9th (84.430)	9th (84.530)
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	-	-	PR (83.300)	11th (85.730)	-

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Duet	Team
2019	Lima, PER	2nd (174.366)	2nd (175.124)

Legend
TR - Technical Routine, FR - Free Routine, PR - Preliminary Round, X - Mixed

Joa (jornada.com.mx, 01 Jun 2019)

Dancing. (sincro.mx, 01 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Psychology - Latin American University, Mexico City, MEX

Languages spoken:

Mexican Army [Mexico]

Adriana Loftus [national], MEX

She took up the sport at age eight. (estadodemexico.jornada.com.mx, 25 Nov 2020)

Her parents enrolled her in sporting activities such as athletics, basketball and swimming. During swimming lessons she discovered artistic swimming and was hooked by the sport. After feeling disappointed that she was not improving, however, she then focused on athletics and took part in a junior national competition before being encouraged to return to artistic swimming by a former coach. At age 14 she decided to focus full-time on the sport. "During a competition in Oaxtepec, Mexico, the first team was doing an exhibition and I was told they represented the national team. I said, 'Does that really exist?' And, at that moment, I wanted to be in that team and to represent Mexico." (estadodemexico.jornada.com.mx, 25 Nov 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mediotiempo.com, 09 Jan 2019)

She trains up to nine hours a day. (estadodemexico.jornada.com.mx, 25 Nov 2020)

Qualifying to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (espn.com.mx, 01 Aug 2019)

In 2020 she received the State of Mexico Sports Award. (gob.mx, 23 Oct 2020)

General Interest

General
FROM LONG-TIME RESERVE TO FIRST CHOICE
She first joined the Mexican national team at age 17, but was largely named as a reserve for the duet team until she became an established first choice in 2019 when she was partnered with Nuria Diosdado. "Training as a substitute is difficult, because you have to learn the routines and positions of both athletes in case something ever happens to one of them. You also have to always train to 100 percent of your ability so that the coach will notice and say, 'This girl is excelling and I have to try her'. My trajectory was not fast, I was climbing little by little, but I did not despair. I am grateful for everything that I learned during that time and, right now, I am taking advantage of the opportunity and I am not going to let it go." (milenio.com, 27 Aug 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in sports psychology at the Technological University of Mexico [UNITEC]. (estadodemexico.jornada.com.mx, 25 Nov 2020; sincro.mx, 01 Jan 2019)

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Legend

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

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