Anggie Nicole Avegno Salazar (born 8 June 1996) is an Ecuadorian canoeist for the University of Guayaquil.
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| Birth name | Anggie Nicole Avegno Salazar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 1996 Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.53 m (5.0 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other interests | Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | University of Guayaquil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Sebastian de Cesare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editAnggie Avegno was born on 8 June 1996 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[1] She took an interest in canoeing after watching observing a group of people canoeing in the Good Friday Park in the south of Guayaquil with her parents.[2] She studied at the College of Santa María de los Ángeles.[1]
In 2012, under the direction of Ossian Frydson, Avegno placed 4th in boating in the World Cup,[which?] in that year held in Russia.[2] That same year, she became Pan-American and Junior World boating champion.[3]
In 2013, she became the junior vice-world champion and won two bronze medals at the World Cups in Hungary and the Czech Republic in 2013 and a gold medal at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in canoeing. The next year, Avegno won the South American championship in C-1200 meters, beating Chilean Nancy Millán and Valdenise Conceição of Brazil for the gold medal with a time of 47 seconds and 351 thousandths in the X Games held in Santiago, Chile.[3] On 20 July of that year, she won the silver medal at the U-23 World Canoe Championship in Hungary.[4]
In April 2015, Avegno obtained one of each type of medal at the South American Rafting competition held at the Yawarkucha in Ecuador. She won a gold medal in the Under 21 category of the C1-1000 meters category (5 min. 11.09 sec.), silver in C1-500 meters (2 min. 27.56 sec.), and bronze in C2-500 meters (2 min. 6.43 sec.) with Mía Friend.[5]
Avegno and Friend would also win gold medals in C2-500 meters at the 2015 World Cup in Boulogne.[6]
Citations
edit- ^ a b "Angie Avegno es una guerrera que gana todo en el canotaje". El Comercio (in Spanish). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Canoístas femeninas se "abren aguas" a nivel internacional". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Avegno suma su séptimo título internacional". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Anggie Avegno, subcampeona en el Mundial Sub-23 de Canotaje". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Anggie Avegno gana tres medallas en el Sudamericano de Canotaje". El Telégrafo. 17 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Las canoístas Avegno y Friend superaron a las mejores del mundo". El Telégrafo. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.