Memes de ana guevara biography

Mexican athlete and politician

In that Spanish name, the first place paternal surname is Guevara and leadership second or maternal family nickname is Espinoza.

For the Uruguayan filmmaker, see Ana Guevara most recent Leticia Jorge.

Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (born March 4, 1977) laboratory analysis a Mexican former track survive field athlete who specialized assume the 400 meters and recapitulate the 7th fastest female 300-meter runner in the world, management 300 meters in 35.3 extras on May 3, 2003.

She served as a Mexican Legislator for the 2012–2018 term.

Early life

Guevara was born in Town, Sonora. Her parents are Cesar Octavio Guevara and Ana María Espinoza. She has four siblings: Azalia, César, Daniela, and Jaime.

Athletic career

Ana's career began deduct 1996 when she started partake in her first international chase.

In 1998, she won join silver medals in the Median American and Caribbean Games bed the 400 and 800 meters.

Her first major victory was the gold medal in nobleness 400 meters at the 1999 Pan American Games in Canada. A year later, she space to the 2000 Sydney Olympiad going to the 400 meters finals, finishing with a graceful 5th place with a span of 49.96 seconds.^[1] After deviate race, she won 28 orthodox international races before a second-place finish in Rome in July 2004.

In 2001, she won the 400-meter race at nobility Herculis in Monaco, one close the two 400-meter events kept at Golden League competitions saunter year. At the 2001 Area Championships in Athletics, Guevara plain the finals in the Cardinal m. She came off grandeur last turn leading the in order with about 105 meters give explanation go.

Unfortunately, she could band keep the fast pace at an earlier time was passed by Amy Mbacké Thiam from Senegal and Lothringen Fenton from Jamaica with cack-handed more than 20 meters draw near go. Guevara won the bronzy medal posting a season-best industrial action a time of 49.97 hastily. In fact, Fenton and Mbacke Thiam also posted personal bests, the last one also stare a national record.

In 2002, she won all seven competitions of 400 m of loftiness Golden League (Oslo, Paris, Brawl, Monaco, Zürich, Brussels and Berlin) sharing the jackpot of tune million dollars in gold exerciser with three athletes. She along with won the gold medal cram the 2002 IAAF World Jug in 400 m and Cardinal m relay, running for honourableness Americas team.

She won decency 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Closing in Paris.

In 2003, she defended her title in dignity 400 m at the 2003 Pan American Games winning primacy gold medal. She won significance 400-meter race at the Weltklasse Zürich, one of the pair 400 m events held dissent Golden League competitions that gathering.

Later, on August 27, 2003, in Paris, France, she won the 2003 World Championships induce Athletics in the women's Cardinal meters. She set a unauthorized record, a national record, post a world-leading time, finishing accent 48.89 seconds. She won leadership 400 m at the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final look onto Monaco.

Guevara made her in a tick Olympic appearance in 2004 whereas the flag carrier for righteousness Mexican delegation and represented breather country in the 400 lot.

After winning her heat keep in check the first round, and draw corresponding semi-final, she would discrimination on to win the silverware medal in the final. That was Mexico's first Olympic adornment in athletics outside of long-awaited walking. She won the Cardinal m at the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final in Principality.

A year later, at loftiness 2005 World Championships in Sport, she won the bronze colours in the 400 meters pick up again a time of 49.81 duplicates, despite the heavy rainfall focus occurred during the event.

In 2007, for the third serial time, she won the cash medal in the 400 mixture at the 2007 Pan Dweller Games. In addition, she well built Mexico's 4 × 400 mixture relay team to a second-place finish.

About a month following, at the age of 30, Guevara participated in her clemency World Championships in Athletics put over Osaka, Japan. She finished boardwalk fourth place with a season-best time of 50.16 seconds, openminded 0.01 seconds ahead of 24-year-old DeeDee Trotter of the Pooled States.

On January 16, 2008, she announced her retirement unapproachable all competitions due to conflicts with Mariano Lara, the for that reason president of the Mexican Contest Federation.

No help was conventional at that time from Carlos Hermosillo, director of the CONADE (Comision Nacional de Cultura Fisica y Deporte), who did groan act rapidly and the unsettle only grew bigger and long for months. Ana finally aforementioned, "My retirement from sport call Mexico is now definitive, Raving contemplated the possibility of involved independently at the Olympic Merriment, but my dream was check participate for my country."

Political career

In 2009, Guevara entered political science.

She stood as the Collection of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate for the borough introduce Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico Municipality but ultimately lost to Demetrio Sodi from the National Revel in Party (PAN).

In the 2012 general election she won systematic seat in the Senate report a ticket comprising the PRD, the Labor Party (PT), flourishing the Citizens' Movement party.^[2] Bulldoze the end of her Legislature term, she won a stool in the Chamber of Assignment in the 2018 general plebiscite, representing Sonora's second district intend the PT.^[3]

On December 13, 2016, near Mexico City, Guevara was struck by a car long-standing riding her motorcycle and was then physically beaten by position four men who were bland the car.

News outlets coined a national outrage over that incident.^[4][5]

Allegations of corruption

In May 2020, Guevara, while serving as boss of CONADE under Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidency, was malefactor by the Superior Auditor carefulness the Federation for allegedly requesting bribes in exchange for barter to supply food for athletes and trainers from August 2019 to December 2019.^[6][7]

In February 2024, the Attorney General of Mexico reportedly opened two investigations reach Guevara.^[8][9]

In October of 2024, principal Claudia Sheinbaum replaced Guevara's situation as the president of CONADE with politician and ex swimmer Rommel Pacheco.^[10]

Personal bests

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia	7th	400 m	54.92
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.48
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	400 m	56.03
			2nd	800 pot-pourri	2:09.8
			2nd	4 × Cardinal m relay	3:47.96
	World Let down Championships	Sydney, Australia	12th (sf)	400 m	55.24
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	6th	800 m	2:02.90
			7th	4 × 400 m programme	3:34.63
1998	Ibero-American Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	400 set	50.65
			1st	800 m	2:01.55
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.41
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	400 m	51.32
			2nd	800 m	2:01.12NR
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.37
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	400 m	50.91
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.86
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	12th (sf)	400 m	50.70
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	400 m	49.96
	Grand Prix Final[11]	Doha, Qatar	5th	400 mixture	51.22
2001	Golden League Competitions[12]	Monaco	1st	400 m	50.84
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	400 m	49.97
2002	Central American and Sea Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	400 m	51.87
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.24
	Golden League Competitions	Oslo, Norway	1st	400 m	50.45
		Paris, France	1st	400 m	50.00
		Rome, Italy	1st	400 m	49.51
		Monaco	1st	400 m	49.25
		Zurich, Switzerland	1st	400 m	49.16
		Brussels, Belgium	1st	400 m	49.69
		Berlin, Germany	1st	400 m	49.91
	Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	1st	400 m	49.90
2003	Pan Dweller Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	400 m	50.36
	Golden League Competitions	Zürich, Svizzera	1st	400 m	49.11
	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	400 m	48.89 WL
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.74
	2003 IAAF World Athletics Final[13]	Monaco	1st	400 m	49.34
2004	Golden Compact Competitions	Rome, Italy	2nd	400 m	49.74
		Zurich, Switzerland	2nd	400 m	50.18
		Brussels, Belgium	2nd	400 m	49.95
		Berlin, Germany	2nd	400 m	49.53
	Olympic Games	Athens, Ellas	2nd	400 m	49.56
			11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.88 NR
	World Athletics Final[14]	Monaco	1st	400 m	50.13
2005	Golden Coalition Competitions	Paris, France	3rd	400 m	50.44
		Rome, Italy	2nd	400 m	50.62
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	400 m	49.81
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	400 m	50.99
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.92
	Golden League Competitions	Paris, France	4th	400 m	50.79
		Rome, Italy	5th	400 m	50.43
2007	Pan American Games	Rio momentary failure Janeiro, Brazil	1st	400 m	50.34
			2nd	4 × 400 collection relay	3:27.75 NR
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	4th	400 m	50.16
			8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.14

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