The Medalist Ambassador Thalía Mallqui has been practicing wrestling since she was 17. She is considered one of the best Peruvian wrestlers and a strong contender in each competition she participates.
Our Ambassador won the silver medal at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games.
The Medalist Ambassador María de Jesús Trujillo was born in a city located on the northern coast of Peru which happens to be named exactly as her last name. She started swimming in a local academy for health reasons, but in a short time it became a competitive event for her.
She stood out in Peruvian Para swimming tournaments and became a member of the Peruvian delegation that participated in the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games, where she won a silver medal for Peru.
The Lima 2019 Medalist Ambassador María Alejandra De Osma is considered one of the best water skiers in Peru. She is a member of the Top Peru 2019 group of the Peruvian Institute of Sports, which includes the best athletes of the country.
She is also a strong candidate to win medals at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games to start on July 26 in Lima.
Perseverance, dedication and strength are the main characteristics accompanying her since she started practicing water ski. At the age of two, she started practicing water ski thanks to her mother, who encouraged her to enter the water at the Bujama Beach in Cañete, Lima.
The Lima 2019 Medalist Ambassador Marcela Castillo is considered the best taekwondo athlete in Latin America, after winning the silver medal in the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in 2017.
Castillo Tokumori practices taekwondo since she was 5 years old and has proved to be a strong contender in each competition she attends. An example of her power is the gold medal she collected at the 2013 Bolivarian Games.
Dunia Felices was appointed as Lima 2019 Medalist Ambassador because she is the best example of a hard-working athlete. She never gave up and has achieved all her objectives since the beginning of her sports career.
The Peruvian Para swimmer won the silver medal on August 2017 at the Medellin Para Swimming Open in Colombia. Dunia, who was born in Sarhua, Ayacucho, clocked a time of 1 minute 44 seconds and 39 hundredths in the 50-meter butterfly event.
The Lima 2019 Medalist Ambassador Ariana Orrego was the first Peruvian gymnast to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Her outstanding performance made her the best gymnast in Peru.
Due to her hard work, in 2013, Ariana became the third best youth gymnast in South America.
The Lima 2019 Medalist Ambassador Alejandra Callirgos is a member of the Peruvian wheelchair basketball team, where she stands out for her youth, strength and dedication in each of the trainings and matches.
Callirgos is training to overcome the team’s performance at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games, where they came in fourth place.
The Lima 2019 Medalist Ambassador Sofía Mulanovich was born in Punta Hermosa, Lima. She is the first Peruvian and South American to claim the ISA World Surfing Championship title in 2004.
This achievement gave her the opportunity to obtain the Peruvian Sports Laurels in the Grand Cross mention, the highest Peruvian sports award.
Sofía is also known as “The Queen”. She aims to win the gold medal at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.
The Honorary Ambassador Gina Parker is a recognized Peruvian radio announcer and one of the main promoters of sports for people with an impairment. She is aware of the importance of the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games for all Peruvians.
Parker stands out for her ability as radio announcer to convey emotions through the microphone and despite using a wheelchair, she never got discouraged by anything or anyone and made her dreams come true.
The Lima 2019 Medalist Ambassador, Pilar Jáuregui, is the current Pan American Para badminton champion. She claimed this title in 2016. She is a member of the Peruvian national team that is training to win medals at the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games.
One of our Ambassador’s greatest achievements was the gold medal she won at the Brazil Para-Badminton International 2017. She also stood out at the 2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Korea.