Ana Sofía Gómez

Not to be confused with Sofía Gómez.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Porras.
Ana Sofía Gómez
Ana Sofía Gómez designated Peace Messenger in 2018.
Personal information
Full nameAna Sofía Gómez Porras
Nickname(s)Sofi
Born (1995-11-24) 24 November 1995 (age 29)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Guatemala
LevelSenior international
Head coach(es)Adrian Boboc
Elena Boboc
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Guatemala
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Balance beam
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Floor exercise
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 San Juan Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mississauga Balance beam
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Uneven bars

Ana Sofía Gómez Porras (born 24 November 1995) is a Guatemalan former artistic gymnast. She now works as a coach.[1]

Junior career

Gómez competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, where she was fifth in the all-around and fourth in the balance beam and floor finals.[2] She was aided by an Olympic Solidarity scholarship.[3]

Senior career

Gómez won the silver medal in the all-around event and the gold medal in balance beam at the 2011 Pan American Games.[4] She competed for Guatemala at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] In the individual women's all-around at the 2012 London Olympics, she qualified into the event in 16th, eventually going on to finish 22nd.

She initially announced a decision to retire following the 2012 Olympics.[6] However, in 2013, she competed in the World Cup in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and she placed fourth on the floor final with a score of 13.125.

In 2014, she went to Texas to improve her skills before she went to compete in Croatia. Although she qualified into the balance beam final in first place with a score of 13.900, in the final, she fell and received a 7.300 in execution and a 6.100 in difficulty, a total of 13.400, finishing in fourth place.

In July, she traveled to Canada one month before the Pan American Championships.[7] On 30 August, she competed in the all-around and finished in 7th place with a final score of 54.100, and qualified for the balance beam finals with a score of 14.050. She had the highest D score of 6.300, and in her final exercise, she got 14.450, 8.250 in execution, and 6.200 in difficulty.

Gómez on balance beam at the 2016 Olympic Test Event

In October, she participated in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Nanning, China. She placed 43rd in the all-around qualification, but she made some mistakes and lost some points on the balance beam.

In 2015, she trained in Canada almost two months before the Pan American Games.[8] She started on uneven bars, receiving a score of 14.250, 14.350 on balance beam, 14.000 on floor, and 14.600 on vault, so she qualified in third in the all-around final. However, in the final, she fell on the uneven bars and did not medal, but she qualified to 3 apparatus finals – uneven bars in 6th place, balance beam in 3rd, and floor in 6th. She fell off the balance beam in the final and finished in 7th place. On floor, she won a bronze medal with 14.150.

She competed for Guatemala at the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, she did not qualify for any of the event finals or the women's individual all-around final.[9] She was the flagbearer for Guatemala during the Parade of Nations.[10]

Gómez retired in January of 2017.[11]

References

  1. ^ Pimentel, Rubelsy (29 July 2022). "De alumna a maestra" [From student to teacher]. Diario de Centro América (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Ana Sofía Gómez". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Ana Sofía Gómez Porras hopes to shine in London 2012". Olympics.com. 12 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Gymnastike". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  5. ^ [http:/.prensalibre.com/deportes/mas_deportes/Sofia_Gomez-Guatemala-gimnasia-clasifica-Juegos_Olimpicos-Londres_2012_0_625737609.html Prensalibre] "Sofía Gómez logra rutina que le lleva a Londres 2012". Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Romeo Rios, Fernando. "Sofía Gómez asegura haber tomado la decisión de su retiro" [Sofía Gómez claims to have made the decision to retire]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2012.
  7. ^ Gómez, Jennifer (23 July 2014). "Gómez y Boboc viajan a Canadá por el pase a los Panamericanos del 2015" [Gómez and Boboc travel to Canada to qualify for the 2015 Pan American Games] (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ Gómez, Jeniffer (12 May 2015). "Ana Sofía se entrena en Canadá" [Ana Sofia trains in Canada]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ^ "GOMEZ Ana Sofia". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  10. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Ana Sofía Gómez se retira como deportista de alto rendimiento" [Ana Sofía Gómez retires as a high-performance athlete]. Gimnasia Latina (in Spanish). 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
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