Mariana Avitia

Mariana Avitia Martinez is a Mexican recurve archer, born on 18 September 1993. She was the first Mexican to win an Olympic medal in archery, taking bronze in the women's individual event at the 2012 Summer Olympics by beating the American Khatuna Lorig in the bronze medal match, while her teammate Aida Roman took silver. Avitia had entered the 2008 Summer Olympics aged 14 as the youngest member of the Mexican team and reached the quarter-finals, and she also competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. She won team gold at the 2011 Pan American Games, and later returned to the national team to win a team silver medal at the 2017 World Archery Championships in Mexico City and a team silver at the 2019 Pan American Games.