2024-03-04 21:01:48
The Guatemalan delegation every day it grows more for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games For this reason, we will tell you who are the athletes classified for the summer competitions.
This is the largest and most important event in world sport, which on this occasion will be held between July 26 and August 11 in the city of Paris, in France.
Paris 2024 Olympic Games: List of qualified Guatemalan athletes
So far, Guatemala has 9 athletes classified in 4 sports with ticket to Paris 2024.
Adriana Ruano
- Sport: shooting with hunting weapons
- Test: female pit
These will be the second consecutive Olympic Games for Adriana Ruano, to which she qualified after winning a gold medal in Santiago 2023.
Alberto Gonzalez
- Sport: athletics
- Test: marathon
Alberto Gonzalez He fulfilled his Olympic dream by qualifying for the Valencia Marathon, where he crossed the finish line under the minimum time required. His time was 02:07:40 hours.
Andres Fernandez
- Sport: modern pentathlon
- Test: men’s individual
Andres Fernandez He qualified for his first Olympic event, after his great performance at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, in which he obtained sixth place in the individual final.
Jean Pierre Brol
- Sport: shooting with hunting weapons
- Test: male pit
Jean Pierre roll will have its second appearance in the Olympics thanks to the gold medal it obtained in the Pan-American Games in Santiago 2023. Its first participation was in London 2012.
José Alejandro Barrondo
- Sport: athletics
- Test: 20 kilometers march
José Alejandro Barrondo He became the first athlete to qualify for Paris 2024, after achieving the minimum mark in the International Grand Prix of La Coruña, on June 3, 2023. It will be the second Olympic Games for the Alta Verapaz walker, after Tokyo 2020.
Juan Ignacio Maegli
- Sport: sailing
- Test: ILCA 7
Luis Grijalva
- Sport: athletics
- Test: 5000 flat meters
Luis Grijalva He assured his participation in his second Olympic tournament, after reaching the minimum mark in the Zurich 2023 Diamond League, held on August 31.
Sophia Hernandez
- Sport: modern pentathlon
- Test: women’s individual
Waleska Soto
- Sport: shooting with hunting weapons
- Test: female pit
These will be the second consecutive Olympic Games for Waleska Soto, she qualified in the XVI CAT Americas Championship which was held in the Dominican Republic.
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