Alegna González

Alegna Aryday González Muñoz (born 2 January 1999) is a Mexican racewalking athlete who competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics and obtained 5th place. She has been designated by the press at the "Mexican racewalking princess" for her success at a young age.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.

Alegna González
Personal information
NationalityMexican
Born (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999
Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Racewalking

Career

In May 2017, she won the 10,000 metre under-20 (U20) track race at the 18th Pan American Race Walking Cup in Peru.[2] She returned to the country a few months later for the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships, where she won gold in the 10,000 metre track race with a championship (and national U20) record time of 44:43.[3]

At the 2018 World Race Walking Team Championships, she broke her own continental U20 (road) record with a time of 45:08 to win gold in the junior 10 km race.[4][5]

She then won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre event at the 2018 World U20 Championships in Tampere, marking the first time an athlete from the Americas won the event.

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Mexico
2017 Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20) Lima, Peru 1st 10 km road walk 45:17
Pan American U20 Championships Trujillo, Peru 1st 10,000 m track walk 44:43.89
2018 World Race Walking Team Championships (U20) Taicang, China 1st 10 km road walk 45:08
World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st 10,000 m track walk 44:13.88
2020 Central American Championships San José, Costa Rica 1st 10,000 m track walk 45:27.26
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th 20 km road walk 1:30:33

National titles
  • Mexican Athletics Championships
    • 10,000 metres race walk: 2021

Personal life

In 2018 she was given the National Award for Sport for her performances that year.[6]

References
  1. Baxter, Kevin (31 July 2021). "Cómo México evitó la vergüenza olímpica al convertirse en una potencia de marcha". The San Diego Union-Tribune (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. Hernández, Iván (24 July 2017). "La mexicana Alegna González regresa al Perú en pos de un nuevo oro". El Dictamen de Ojinaga (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. Carrión, Álex (24 July 2017). "Oro y récord panamericano de Alegna González". El Diario de Juárez (in Spanish). PressReader. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. "Gonzalez takes U20 women's 10km gold at IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018". World Athletics. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. "Mexicana Alegna González también gana oro en China". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 5 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. "Alegna González: "El Premio Nacional de Deportes es una motivación extra para mí"". Marca (in Spanish). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2022.


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