Lenia Ruvalcaba

Lenia Ruvalcaba

File:Lenia Ruvalcaba Rio2016.jpg Ruvalcaba at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Lenia Fabiola Ruvalcaba Álvarez
Born	23 April 1986 (1986-04-23) (age 40) Guadalajara, Mexico
Died
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Sport	Judo
Medal record Representing Mexico Paralympic Games Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 70 kg Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing -70 kg Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo -70 kg Parapan American Games Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto -70 kg Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima -70kg Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara -70 kg IBSA World Championships and Games Bronze medal – third place 2014 Colorado -70 kg
Profile at external databases
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Lenia Fabiola Ruvalcaba Álvarez (born 23 April 1986) is a Mexican visually-impaired judoka. Competing in the 70 kg division she won a silver medal at the 2008 Paralympics and a gold at the 2016 Rio Games. Ruvalcaba also took part in regular judo competitions and won a team bronze medal at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. In 2011, she participated both at the Pan American and Parapan American Games.

By earning gold in Rio, Ruvalcaba became the first Mexican female to win an Olympic or Paralympic judo tournament.

Ruvalcaba won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.