Waleska Soto
Personal information
Full nameAna Waleska Soto Abril
NationalityGuatemalan
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 33)
Guatemala City, Guatemala[1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Representing  Guatemala
Women's shooting
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Trap
Bolivarian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Santa Marta Trap
Women's softball
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mayagüez Team

Ana Waleska Soto Abril (born 14 August 1990) is a Guatemalan sport shooter and former softball player.[3] She competed in the women's trap event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Soto started out as a softball player, winning a bronze medal with the Guatemalan national team at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico,[1] although she learned the sport of shooting as a teenager through a summer camp.[5] She earned a scholarship to play softball at Martin Methodist College in the United States,[6] where she began shooting again.[1] Soto competed in both sports at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, winning a silver medal in the women's trap event.[1] She won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2017 Bolivarian Games, and placed fourth at the 2019 Pan American Games to qualify for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Biografía de Waleska Soto, tiradora guatemalteca". Guatemala.com (in Spanish). 22 April 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Waleska Soto, Directo Al Sueño Olímpico" (in Spanish). Guatemalan Olympic Committee. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ana Waleska Soto". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Shooting - Qualification - Day 1 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ García, Rodrigo (29 June 2020). "El tiro y sóftbol, las dos disciplinas que marcan la historia de Waleska Soto". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Ana Waleska Soto Abril". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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