RUANO OLIVA Adriana

Date of Birth: 26 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: GUATEMALA CITY

Birth Country:

Guatemala

Place of residence : GUATEMALA CITY

Residence Country:

Guatemala

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	Trap Women	26

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Trap Women's Qualification - Day 1	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - Shotgun Ranges	Trap Women's Qualification - Day 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Trap Team X
2019	Lima, PER	5

Championships of the Americas

Year	Location	Trap	Trap Team X
2018	Guadalajara, MEX	2	3

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Trap	Trap Team
2021	1 x 5th	-
2020	1 x 28th	-
2019	1 x 39th, 1 x 48th, 1 x 63rd	1 x 11th, 1 x 35th, 1 x 39th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
5	2021	Trap	Lonato, ITA
11	2019	Trap Team	Changwon, KOR
28	2020	Trap	Nicosia, CYP
35	2019	Trap Team	Acapulco, MEX
39	2019	Trap	Acapulco, MEX
39	2019	Trap Team	Lahti, FIN
48	2019	Trap	Changwon, KOR
63	2019	Trap	Lahti, FIN

Legend
X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Pequena Gigante ['Little Giant'], Mica [a pet name given to her by her father]. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Art, spending time with her family. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Nutritionist

Nutrition - Francisco Marroquin University [UFM], Guatemala City, GUA

Languages spoken:

English, French, Spanish

Pedro Antonio Zayas Fernandez [national], CUB

Other sports:

She represented Guatemala in artistic gymnastics at the 2010 Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Mar 2019; prensalibre.com, 15 Jul 2017)

She competed in artistic gymnastics until 2011, when a spinal injury forced her to retire from the sport. She needed one year to recover from the problem. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021; espn.com.gt, 26 Mar 2020; prensalibre.com, 15 Jul 2017)

She began shooting at age 17 at the Hunting, Shooting and Fishing Club [Club de Caza, Tiro y Pesca] in Guatemala. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

She used to practise gymnastics from age three to 16. After sustaining an injury she switched to shooting. "I always had the dream of going to the Olympics as a gymnast, but a spinal injury left me out of the London 2012 Olympic Games qualifier and out of my sport. That is when my doctor recommended shooting because it had less impact on my spine. Also a friend of my brother's, who practises shooting, invited me to try the sport and that's how I started." (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to continue working with athletes as a clinical nutritionist. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021; espn.com.gt, 26 Mar 2020)

In 2019 she focused on the psychological aspect of shooting. "This sport is 75-80% mental. You have to know how to deal with anxiety, nerves and stress during competitions and that's why my psychologist Jorge Lopez and I have worked and focused on that aspect this past year [2019]." (dca.gob.gt, 02 Jan 2020)

Finishing fifth at the 2021 World Cup event in Lonato, Italy, and placing second at the 2018 Championships of the Americas in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Guatemalan modern pentathlete Charles Fernandez. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Her family. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2021)

She has the same routine when she enters the shooting range. She listens to music and controls her breathing. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"'Happiness is the journey, not the destination'. I like this phrase because it represents me in the sense that for a long time I struggled to achieve my goal [in gymnastics] and I thought I would be happy to achieve it and then life put a stop to it with my spinal injury. Over time, and after I obtained my Olympic quota in another sport, I realised that life takes you in totally unknown directions and you just have to trust, live, and enjoy the present." (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
GYMNASTICS TO SHOOTING
She was inspired to compete at the Olympic Games in artistic gymnastics after watching the 2004 Games in Athens on television. She went on to represent Guatemala in the sport, including at the 2010 Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was hoping to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. However, a spinal injury forced her to retire from the sport in 2011. She began shooting the following year. "Gymnastics was my life. Every day, everything revolved around the sport, the training, the competitions. I was very close to fulfilling my greatest goal [competing at 2012 Olympic Games]." (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Mar 2019; espn.com.gt, 26 Mar 2020; prensalibre.com, 15 Jul 2017; Comite Olimpico Guatemalteco YouTube channel, 11 Feb 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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