SOTOMAYOR Nikte Alejandra

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Last 64	Women's Doubles	2019	Basel, SUI

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's Singles	2019	Lima, PER
Last 16	Women's Doubles	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's Doubles	2021	Guatemala City, GUA
Quarterfinal	Women's Doubles	2019	Santo Domingo, DOM
Quarterfinal	Mixed Doubles	2017	Bogota, COL
Quarterfinal	Women's Doubles	2017	Bogota, COL
Last 16	Women's Singles	2019	Santo Domingo, DOM
Last 32	Women's Singles	2021	Guatemala City, GUA
Last 32	Women's Singles	2017	Bogota, COL

Pan American Championships Team

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Final 5-6	Women's Team	2020	Salvador, BRA
Final 7-8	Mixed Team	2019	Lima, PER

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Athlete

Business Administration, Law, Sports Management

Spanish

Her parents Jorge Sotomayor and Lucrecia Ovando played basketball at national level in Guatemala. (espndeportes.espn.com, 28 May 2020)

In 2017 she missed six months with a ruptured Achilles tendon. (badmintonpanam.org, 14 Mar 2019)

She took up badminton at age 12 in Retalhuleu, Guatemala. (badmintonpanam.org, 21 Jun 2017)

Her mother knew a local badminton coach and encouraged her to try the sport. (badmintonpanam.org, 21 Jun 2017)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Prensa Libre YouTube channel, 10 Jul 2021)

Winning bronze in singles at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (espndeportes.espn.com, 28 May 2020)

"It is not an easy path, but it is possible, if it is what you want, you will fight with all your strength to achieve it. In any area that you specialise, you want to be the best. And as people say, positive thinkers get powerful results." (badmintonpanam.org, 14 Mar 2019)

"Be humble, don't underestimate the opponent, be responsible and have passion." (badmintonpanam.org, 21 Jun 2017)