Valeria Palacios (born 6 July 2000) is a Peruvian rower. She qualified in the lightweight double sculls for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Nationality | Peruvian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 July 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Lightweight double sculls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Regatas Universitario | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life
editHer sister Alessia Palacios is also a rower.[2] Both twins race for Regatas Universitario rowing club.[3]
Career
editShe was a silver medalist in the lightweight coxless pair at the 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships in Italy, alongside her sister.[4] That year, they then won gold at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Colombia in the same discipline.[5]
Competing alongside her sister Alessia at the Americas Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March 2024, she qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Valeria Palacios". Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Straight to Paris 2024! Palacios sisters and Adriana Sanguinetti will be at the Olympic Games". Depor. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Ransley, Tom. "Paris-bound Peruvians". Pocketmags.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "El ping pong: Conversamos con Alessia Palacios". crl.pe. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Valeria and Alessia Palacios were chosen as the best in national rowing". gob.pe. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "FINALS' PLACES ARE SECURED AT THE AMERICAS OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC QUALIFICATION REGATTA". World Rowing. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "París 2024: clasificación de Adriana Sanguineti, Alessia y Valeria Palacios en la categoría de remo de los Juegos Olímpicos". diarioviral.pe. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.