Alejandra Locomotora Oliveras, a life of fight up and down the ring

Native of El Carmen, Jujuy, On March 20, 1978, and raised in Córdoba, his life was marked by moments of joy and pain in personal life, and triumphs and defeats in his Professional route.

Raised in a context of structural poverty, Oliveras He began in boxing to overcome a tough reality. “At 14 I began to suffer gender violence, it was when I became pregnant. At 15 I had my son. I hit me during pregnancy, did it also after it was born and until I separated, ”he said.

His approach to the quadrilateral became an escape route to the bloody situation that crossed at that time. “Gender violence was what I got to learn to defend myself. I was doing arm flexions, strength jobs, I hadn’t got up to a ring before separating from that person, “he said and confessed:” I did learn to defend myself because I wondered: ‘How long will he hit me for no reason?’ I didn’t have to suffer like this every day. To fight against fear, I just learned to defend myself. ”

With time and daily effort, “Locomotora” Oliveras would end up becoming a Legend of national sport. But their beginnings were far from the lights and flashes. Inspired by her fanaticism by Mike Tyson, her first fight was street, in a square. The next, on the other hand, would change your destination forever.

The professional debut, the six titles and the Guinness record

His debut as a professional boxer arrived in 2005. Just a year later, he hit the first big blow to consecrating the world’s Supergallo World Champion in a fight in which he beat Mexican Jackie Nava in Tijuana.

Since that day, his ascent was meteoric. Throughout his career, he came to conquer six world titles, with the particularity that he achieved it in different categories: Supergallo, pen, light and Superpluma In that way, he consecrated himself as the only Argentine woman to achieve it. In 2015 it was recognized with a Guinness record.

Throughout his professional career he totaled 38 fighting, with 33 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws, including 16 triumphs for knockout. During his career and also after his departure from the professional ring, he became an example of overcoming.

“I consider myself an example for everything I suffered, for all that I happened. Because I went forward, I fought for my place, I am an example and that’s why they follow me and love me. Where I go applaud me, that’s why I have so much love throughout the country. No one was born to suffer. You have a life, you have to take advantage of it, enjoy, fight for your dreams. Whatever it is to fight. Someday we are the same.

Social commitment and its approach to politics

Officially withdrawn in 2019, “La Locomotora” did not move away from the challenges. He dedicated himself to helping young people in a situation of vulnerability through sport. He founded the solidarity group Team Locomotora with which he distributed food in humble neighborhoods of Santa Fe at the time of Pandemia. In addition, he dedicated himself to providing motivational talks, especially aimed at women, where he shared his life and fighting experience.

Recently, again based in Santa Fe, Locomotive Oliveras approached the land of politics. In 2021 she ran as a national deputy for the Unite party. “My dream, my goal, my deepest desire is to be the voice of the people; is to represent each of the Santa Fe in Congress and fight for all, for each family”he said at the time.

Despite not entering Congress, he continued his political career from an approach to La Libertad advances. The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, He incorporated it within the National Directorate of Security in Sports Events ,.

Subsequently, she appeared as a candidate during the constituent elections of Santa Fe and managed to be elected by the list front of hope. Due to the triumph, his participation in the Convention to reform the Constitution of the province, which began to meet on July 14. However, that same day he suffered the ACV and had to be urgently admitted. This Monday, after two weeks, he died.