Ángela Castro

Ángela Castro
Personal information
Full name	Ángela Melania Castro Chirivechz
Born	21 February 1993 (age 28); La Paz, Bolivia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	20 kilometres race walk
Medal record
South American Championships

Ángela Melania Castro Chirivechz (born 21 February 1993) is a Bolivian race walker.^[1] She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing in 18th place.^[2]^[3] It was the best result ever for Bolivia in Olympic athletics.^[4] She was the flag bearer for Bolivia during both the opening ceremony and closing ceremony.^[5]^[6]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's 20 km walk.^[7] She won the 2021 Bolivian Race Walking Championship.^[8]

References[]

^ Ángela Castro: ‘La marcha me hizo la persona que soy’
^ "Ángela Castro". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Bolivianos en Río: Ángela Castro logra histórico puesto 18 en marcha olímpica". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Athletics CASTRO Angela - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. (in American English). Retrieved 23 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Angela CASTRO | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Karen Torrez	Flagbearer for Bolivia Rio 2016	Succeeded by Karen Torrez Gabriel Castillo

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