| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ana Waleska Soto Abril |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Born | 14 August 1990 Guatemala City, Guatemala[1] |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sports shooting |
Medal record | |
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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 2 3 4 5 "Biografía de Waleska Soto, tiradora guatemalteca". Guatemala.com (in Spanish). 22 April 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Waleska Soto, Directo Al Sueño Olímpico" (in Spanish). Guatemalan Olympic Committee. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Ana Waleska Soto". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Shooting - Qualification - Day 1 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Ana Waleska Soto Abril". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.