Who are the Mexicans with the most participation in the Olympic Games?

There are only five days left until the start of the most anticipated sporting event for all athletes in the world: the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The Mexican delegation already has its quotas filled, exceeding one hundred athletes, as a total of 109 will go and is already installed in the Olympic Village.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for athletes to qualify to be among the best 10,500 athletes in the world, and in the midst of a generational change, Mexico will have athletes in Paris 2024 who will make their fourth participation in the top sporting event.

The diver Alejandra Orozco tops the list. When she was just fifteen years old, she competed in London 2012 under the tutelage of Paola Espinosa and won the silver medal in the synchronised platform event. Two years later she competed in the Youth Olympic Games, where she won a gold and a bronze.

He repeated his participation in Rio 2016 and finished sixth alongside Paola Espinosa in the synchronized event. Tokyo 2020 She emerged as an experienced athlete and guided Gabriela Agúndez to win the bronze medal in the platform event. With two medals for Mexico, Orozco is now looking for a third.

Alejandra Valencia is another veteran of the Mexican delegation She made her debut in London 2012 in the team that included Aída Román and Mariana Avitia. Román and Avitia won silver and bronze medals, respectively, and Vaencia went to gain experience.

She arrived at Rio 2016 as a strong candidate and finished fourth in the individual event. In Tokyo 2020 she won the bronze medal alongside Luis Álvarez in the mixed event, a competition that was making its debut at those Games.

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Experienced archer Alejandra Valencia arrives as a multi-world medalist and is Mexico’s strong card, as a team and individually, to reach a podium.

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Valencia arrives at Paris 2024 as a multi-world medallist and is Mexico’s strong card, both as a team and individually, to reach a podium.

Nuria Diosdado She is another historic Mexican athlete. A member of the national artistic swimming team, she participated in the duet events in London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. She was planning to retire three years ago, but decided to stay on as the leader of a historic team that has qualified for the group event for the first time in 28 years for Mexico.

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Nuria Diosadado, flag bearer and captain of the artistic swimming team, will be participating in the team and in the duet.

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In Paris 2024, Diosdado was also a candidate to be Mexican flag bearer and will be participating in the team and in the duo.

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Triathlete Crisanto Grajales is the only male triathlete to have participated in a fourth Olympic Games.

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In men, the only one who will make it to four Games in Paris is the triathlete Crisanto Grajales. His participations have also been in 2012, 2016 and 2020, with his best result being 12th position in Rio de Janeiro.