mexican athletes In 2023, they made great achievements both individually and as a team. They achieved results never before achieved and brought Mexico international fame.
Here we present a selection of the 10 most exciting athletes in Mexico in 2023.
1. Third place in the World Baseball Classic.
The Mexican baseball team reached the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time in its history after defeating Puerto Rico 4–5, and although it lost to Japan in the lead-up to the final, it finished third, a historic event for the team’s representative baseball player.
2. Checo Perez – second place in the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.
Mexican driver Sergio Perez finished second in the 2023 Formula 1 season, his greatest achievement in his Circus Maximus career. It also gave Red Bull Racing its first 1-2 in the Drivers’ Championship.
3. Women’s tricolor gold medal at the Pan American Games.
The Mexican women’s team defeated their Chilean counterparts 1-0 in the Pan American Games final to win the gold medal for the first time.
4. Gold in Artistic Swimming World Cup
The Mexican artistic swimming team won a gold medal at the World Championships in Egypt. The tricolor delegation received a score of 270.1584, putting them ahead of Italy and France, who scored 269.7084 and 253.5312 respectively. The triumph came after Mexican mermaids had to sell swimsuits to pay for their competitions abroad.
5. Alexa Grasso, first Mexican UFC champion
Alexa Grasso became the first Mexican champion in UFC history after defeating Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
6. Tricolor wins the Gold Cup
The Mexico national football team was crowned 2023 Gold Cup champions after defeating Panama 1-0 in the final, which took place in front of more than 73,000 fans at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The trophy returned home with the US victory in 2021.
7. Brandon Moreno is the absolute UFC champion.
Mexican Brandon Moreno won by technical knockout in three rounds over Brazilian Deiveson Figueiredo and became the undisputed UFC flyweight champion for the second time.
8. Santiago 2023: Mexico breaks its gold record
The Mexican delegation participating in the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023, scheduled from October 20 to November 5, finished their participation in third place in the overall medal standings with 52 gold medals, a new record for the team, surpassing it by 15 gold medals. was made in Lima 2019.
9. San Salvador 2023: historic participation
The Mexican delegation finished its participation in the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador 2023 in first place in the overall medal standings with 353 metal, 145 gold, 108 silver and 100 bronze medals, its best result in history, surpassing 133 gold medals Mayaguez in 2010 and 132 five years ago in Barranquilla in 2018.
10. Rodrigo Pacheco – junior Roland Garros champion in doubles.
Mexican tennis player Rodrigo Pacheco was crowned the junior doubles champion at Roland Garros, partnering with Russian Yaroslav Demin.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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