Paola Espinosa
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Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born July 31, 1985 in La Paz, BCS)[1] is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
In 1987, the Espinosa Sánchez family moved to La Paz from Mexico City with Paola, who was barely nine months old.
In Athens in 2004, from speciality platform jumps of 10 meters, she placed in the individual jump and fifth in synchronized jumps. In the synchronized jumps, she participated with Tatania Ortiz, who was also an Olympic medalist.
On August 8, 2008, she was the champion of the Mexican national team at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Synchronized 10 metre Platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on 8/12/2008 with a score of 330.06. She won silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a score of 343.32 on Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
Espinosa won the gold medal in the 10 m platform at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome with a score of 428.25[2] The silver medal was won by the Chinese Athlete Chen Ruolin, who is also an Olympian, with a score of 417.60. The bronze medal was given to the Chinese athlete Kang Li who had a score of 410.35.[3]
In 2011 she participated at the 2011 Pan American Games where she won the gold medal at the 10m platform individual and synchronized events as well as gold in the 3 metre synchronized springboard event. She has won a total of 13 medals at the Pan American games, 8 of them gold.
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in the Olympic Games in London, she won a silver medal in the 10 m synchronized platform together with Alejandra Orozco, with a score of 343.32.
She was also the champion of the Central America and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez 2010.
International Games
Olympic Games
- Beijing 2008: She won the bronze medal in synchronized jumps from the 10 meter platform along with Tatiana Ortiz during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. It should be noted that Paola was commissioned to lead the Mexican delegation during the opening ceremony, carrying the national flag. She was fourth in the individual event, with Tatiana placing fifth.
- London 2012: She won a silver medal in synchronized diving from 10 M level along with Alejandra Orozco during the London Olympic Games in 2012. She was competing in the Olympics while celebrating her 26th birthday. Paola became the first Mexican athlete to get two medals in different Olympic events. In the individual jump, she came in sixth.
- Río 2016: She competed in the 10 M jump together with Alejandra Orozco during the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 and finished sixth, while individually she finished fourth.
World Championships
- Barcelona 2003: Together with Laura Sánchez, she achieved third place in the synchronized jump from 3 meters, and with this, won the bronze medal
- Rome 2009: Rome was the place where she became a world champion. Paola won first in the 10m platform with perfect scores. Her victory made her the first Mexican diver to win a world title.
- Shanghai 2011: During the 2011 championships, Paola was not able to defend her title. She finished third behind the Chinese divers Chen Ruolin and Hu Yadan.
Pan-American Games
During the Pan-American Games which were held in San Domingo, she won, together with Laura Sánchez (diver), two silver medals in synchronized diving, the first in 3m platform and the other in 10m platform. Four years later, she was even more outstanding, having a three gold medal and one silver medal performance. On October 26, 2011, in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, she won the gold medal in the 10m platform.
Central American and Caribbean Games.
She was recognized as the first athlete with the most number of medals from Mexico en the games of 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Her performance in the twenty-first edition of the games included earning a total of three medals, earning a gold in the 10m platform, a gold in the 1m springboard, and a gold in the 3m springboard.
University
At Kazan university in 2013, she won a bronze medal in the synchronized dive and fourth in the individual dive.
Swimwear
Arena
- ARN-5002
- ARN-6004W RYAB
- ARN-6018 BLU
- FAR-9543 WHT
References
- ↑ "ESPINOSA Paola". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
- ↑ "Paula Espinosa". Olympic.org. Olympics. Retrieved 11/2/2016. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "Otra vez cerca del bronce…Ahora Paola – Sportspedia México". sportspedia.com.mx. Retrieved 2016-11-02.