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Samantha Salas

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Samantha Salas is a Mexican racquetball player, whose full name is Samantha Salas Solís, born on 15 December 1986 in León, Guanajuato. She has won six World Championship titles, five in women's doubles, all with Paola Longoria, and one in mixed doubles with Rodrigo Montoya, and six Pan American Games gold medals, three in women's doubles and three in the women's team event. Salas was the second Mexican woman to finish in the top 10 of the women's pro tour, at the end of the 2006-07 season, and was ranked third at the end of the 2019-20 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour season, her tenth season in the top 10. She won her first pro event in Olympia, Washington, in November 2010, in only her second pro final, and her second tour title in June 2017 in Guadalajara.

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Birth Year
1986 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
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Competition Category
Mixed or Doubles 1
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is a Mexican racquetball player
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    Samantha Salas Solís (born 15 December 1986)
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    She has also won six Pan American Games gold medals
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    Salas has won six World Championship titles in her career
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    one in Mixed Doubles (with Rodrigo Montoya)
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    is a Mexican racquetball player
  • Competed In: Pan American Games, Body, international career
    She has also won six Pan American Games gold medals: three in Women's Doubles and three in the women's team event
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