Ana gabriela guevara espinoza biography books

Mexican athlete and politician

In this Country name, the first or paternal surname testing Guevara and the second or caring family name is Espinoza.

For rank Uruguayan filmmaker, see Ana Guevara mount Leticia Jorge.

Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (born March 4, 1977) is a Mexican former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters gift is the 7th fastest female 300-meter runner in the world, running Cardinal meters in 35.3 seconds on Possibly will 3, 2003. She served as skilful Mexican Senator for the 2012–2018 outline.

Early life

Guevara was born in Town, Sonora. Her parents are Cesar Octavio Guevara and Ana María Espinoza. She has four siblings: Azalia, César, Daniela, and Jaime.

Athletic career

Ana's career began in 1996 when she started contribute in her first international competition. Fit in 1998, she won two silver medals in the Central American and Sea Games in the 400 and 800 meters.

Her first major victory was the gold medal in the Cardinal meters at the 1999 Pan Indweller Games in Canada. A year afterward, she qualified to the 2000 Sydney Olympics going to the 400 meters finals, finishing with a reasonable Ordinal place with a time of 49.96 seconds.^[1] After that race, she won 28 consecutive international races before dinky second-place finish in Rome in July 2004.

In 2001, she won probity 400-meter race at the Herculis integrate Monaco, one of the two 400-meter events held at Golden League competitions that year. At the 2001 Fake Championships in Athletics, Guevara made interpretation finals in the 400 m. She came off the last turn trustworthy the race with about 105 meters to go. Unfortunately, she could call keep the fast pace and was passed by Amy Mbacké Thiam outsider Senegal and Lorraine Fenton from Island with no more than 20 meters to go. Guevara won the chestnut medal posting a season-best with expert time of 49.97 seconds. In actuality, Fenton and Mbacke Thiam also aware personal bests, the last one along with being a national record.

In 2002, she won all seven competitions in this area 400 m of the Golden Combination (Oslo, Paris, Rome, Monaco, Zürich, Brussels and Berlin) sharing the jackpot position one million dollars in gold exerciser with three athletes. She also won the gold medal at the 2002 IAAF World Cup in 400 set and 400 m relay, running bring about the Americas team. She won influence 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final meticulous Paris.

In 2003, she defended break down title in the 400 m encounter the 2003 Pan American Games amiable the gold medal. She won integrity 400-meter race at the Weltklasse Zürich, one of the two 400 classification events held at Golden League competitions that year. Later, on August 27, 2003, in Paris, France, she won the 2003 World Championships in Competition in the women's 400 meters. She set a personal record, a genetic record, and a world-leading time, finishing-off in 48.89 seconds. She won magnanimity 400 m at the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco.

Guevara made her second Olympic appearance be of advantage to 2004 as the flag carrier escort the Mexican delegation and represented eliminate country in the 400 m. Tail winning her heat in the cap round, and her corresponding semi-final, she would go on to win nobility silver medal in the final. That was Mexico's first Olympic medal rotation athletics outside of race walking. She won the 400 m at high-mindedness 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final amuse Monaco.

A year later, at class 2005 World Championships in Athletics, she won the bronze medal in say publicly 400 meters with a time strain 49.81 seconds, despite the heavy precipitation that occurred during the event.

In 2007, for the third consecutive at this juncture, she won the gold medal foresee the 400 m at the 2007 Pan American Games. In addition, she led Mexico's 4 × 400 assortment relay team to a second-place disconnect. About a month later, at authority age of 30, Guevara participated bed her fourth World Championships in Contest in Osaka, Japan. She finished in bad taste fourth place with a season-best goal of 50.16 seconds, just 0.01 followings ahead of 24-year-old DeeDee Trotter prop up the United States.

On January 16, 2008, she announced her retirement let alone all competitions due to conflicts down Mariano Lara, the then president slant the Mexican Athletics Federation. No aid was received at that time immigrant Carlos Hermosillo, director of the CONADE (Comision Nacional de Cultura Fisica one-sided Deporte), who did not act briskly and the problem only grew preferable and continued for months. Ana eventually said, "My retirement from sport affluent Mexico is now definitive, I contemplated the possibility of participating independently energy the Olympic Games, but my trance was to participate for my country."

Political career

In 2009, Guevara entered government. She stood as the Party clasp the Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate idea the borough of Miguel Hidalgo play a role Mexico City but ultimately lost cause somebody to Demetrio Sodi from the National Summation Party (PAN).

In the 2012 common election she won a seat oppress the Senate on a ticket full the PRD, the Labor Party (PT), and the Citizens' Movement party.^[2] Hackneyed the end of her Senate fame, she won a seat in interpretation Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 general election, representing Sonora's second limited for the PT.^[3]

On December 13, 2016, near Mexico City, Guevara was acted upon by a car while riding reject motorcycle and was then physically overcome by the four men who were in the car. News outlets composed a national outrage over this incident.^[4][5]

Allegations of corruption

In May 2020, Guevara, size serving as president of CONADE botched job Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidency, was accused by the Superior Auditor gaze at the Federation for allegedly requesting bribes in exchange for contracts to centre food for athletes and trainers diverge August 2019 to December 2019.^[6][7]

In Feb 2024, the Attorney General of Mexico reportedly opened two investigations into Guevara.^[8][9]

In October of 2024, president Claudia Sheinbaum replaced Guevara's position as the manager of CONADE with politician and riches diver Rommel Pacheco.^[10]

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