Alma Valencia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valencia and the second or maternal family name is Escoto.

Alma Jane Valencia Escoto (born 18 October 1990) is a Mexican freestyle wrestler. In the 55 kg category, she won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games,^[2] having finished seventh in 2011. She won three bronze medals at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2013. She also won a silver and gold medal at the 2010 and 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games respectively, both in the 55 kg category.

Alma Valencia

at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
Personal information
Full name	Alma Jane Valencia Escoto
Born	(1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 34) Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico[1]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 55 kg Pan American Championships Monterrey 2010 55 kg Rionegro 2011 55 kg Panama 2013 55 kg Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014 53 kg Mayagüez 2010 55 kg

Valencia qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's freestyle 57 kg category at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.^[3]

In October 2021, she was eliminated in her first match in the women's 57 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.^[4]

Valencia won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships held in Acapulco, Mexico.^[5] She competed at the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Acapulco, Mexico hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[6] She was eliminated in her second match by Hannah Taylor of Canada.^[6]

Personal life

Valencia is in a relationship with Puerto Rican wrestler Jaime Espinal. Their first daughter Joy Espinal Valencia was born on 31 May 2017.^[7]

References

1. "Alma Jane Valencia Escoto". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
2. "Histórica Plata para la Lucha Femenil Mexicana en los Juegos Panamericanos Toronto 2015". superluchas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2015.
3. "México suma una plaza para los Juegos Olímpicos en Lucha" [Mexico adds a wrestling spot for the Olympics] (in Spanish). Mexico: Marca. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
4. "2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
5. Burke, Patrick (7 May 2022). "Hildebrandt earns seventh Pan American Championships wrestling title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
6. "2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
7. "¡Jaime Espinal y su compañera Alma presentan a su bebita Joy!". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

External links

• Alma Valencia at the International Wrestling Database
• Alma Valencia at Olympedia