In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Awiti and the second or maternal family name is Alcaraz.
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Full name | Prisca Guadalupe Awiti Alcaraz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1996-02-20) 20 February 1996 (age 28) London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Bath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | 5th (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan American Champ. | (2021, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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IJF | 41989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 73272 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 31 July 2024 |
Prisca Guadalupe Awiti Alcaraz (born 20 February 1996) is a judoka. Born and raised in England, she represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal, becoming the first Mexican athlete to win an Olympic medal in judo.
Early life and education
Awiti-Alcaraz was born in Enfield, Greater London, England to Kenyan father Xavier and Mexican mother María Dolores. Her mother hails from León, Guanajuato.
Before getting into judo, Awiti Alcaraz swam and did gymnastics. Her brothers Philip, Joshua, Samy, and Micheal as well as her cousins all joined Enfield Judo Club.
Awiti Alcaraz studied sports performance at the University of Bath and was a member of the Team Bath Sports Training Village.
Career
Through her mother, Awiti Alcaraz has represented Mexico since 2017 and relocated to Mexico from the U.K. full-time in 2022. She battled back from a shoulder injury to win the silver medal at the Panamerican Senior Championships in Guadalajara in April 2021. She was selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Games and was drawn against Boldyn Gankhaich in the opening round.
References
- "Prisca Guadalupe Awiti Alcaraz, un nombre con significado multicultural".
- ^ "Prisca Awiti: la judoca nacida en Reino Unido gana la segunda medalla para México en los Olímpicos". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). 30 July 2024.
- Khalatyan, Rafael (30 July 2024). "Judo: Nagase defends title, Leski stuns Olympic champion". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- "¿Quién es Prisca Awiti? Madre leonesa, papá keniano, corazón 100% mexicano". www.am.com.mx (in Spanish). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- Crowly, Jo (8 March 2024). "Prisca Awiti Alcaraz: A Wonderful Place to be In". International Judoka Federation. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- "Judo runs in the family for Enfield fabulous five". British Judo. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Two more former Bath sporting scholars heading to Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Team Bath. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- "Super silver at Panamerican Senior Championships in Mexico moves Team Bath Judo's Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz closer to Tokyo Olympics". Team Bath. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- "Judo - AWITI ALCARAZ Prisca". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
External links
- Prisca Awiti Alcaraz at the International Judo Federation
- Prisca Awiti Alcaraz at JudoInside.com
- Prisca Awiti Alcaraz at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Prisca Awiti Alcaraz at Olympics.com
- Prisca Awiti Alcaraz at Olympedia
- Prisca Awiti Alcaraz at The-Sports.org
- Prisca Awiti Alcaraz on Instagram
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- Living people
- 1996 births
- Alumni of the University of Bath
- Black British sportswomen
- British female judoka
- English people of Kenyan descent
- English people of Mexican descent
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Martial artists from London
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Mexican female judoka
- Mexican people of Kenyan descent
- Olympic judoka for Mexico
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Olympic silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Sportspeople from the London Borough of Enfield
- Sportspeople of Kenyan descent
- Sportspeople of Mexican descent
- 21st-century Mexican sportswomen