Natalia Escalera

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Natalia Escalera
Full nameNatalia Escalera Cárdenas
Country represented Mexico
Born (2002-07-03) July 3, 2002 (age 19)
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Years on national team2017–present ()
ClubBaja Dynamo
Head coach(es)Pavel Oceguera
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rio de Janeiro Vault
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lima Team

Natalia Escalera Cárdenas (born July 3, 2002) is a Mexican artistic gymnast. She is the 2021 Pan American champion on vault.

Early life[]

Escalera was born in Ensenada in 2002 and began gymnastics when she was three years old.[1]

Gymnastics career[]

Junior[]

2017[]

At the 2017 Mexican national championships Escalera finished third in the all-around in the junior division.[2] At the Central American Sports Festival she finished seventh in the all-around and second on vault.[3]

Senior[]

2018–19[]

Escalera turned senior in 2018. She finished sixth at her first senior-level national championships. Due to her strong vaulting, she was selected to represent Mexico at the 2018 Pan American Championships. While there she helped Mexico finish third.[4]

At the 2019 Mexican Championships Escalera placed twelfth.

2021[]

Escalera returned to competition at the 2021 Pan American Championships where she helped Mexico place second and individually she placed fifth in the all-around and was the highest placing Mexican gymnast. She qualified to three event finals, originally finishing second on vault behind Martina Dominici, fifth on uneven bars, and fifth on floor exercise.[5] However, it was later revealed that Dominici had tested positive for a banned substance; as a result her results were overturned and Escalera was awarded the gold medal on vault.[6]

At the World Championships Escalera qualified to the vault final where she placed seventh.

Competitive history[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2017 Mexican Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Central American Sports Festival 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior
2018 Mexican Championships 6
Pan American Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Mexican Championships 12
2021
Pan American Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4
CONADE National Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 7

References[]

  1. ^ "Natalia Ensenada FIG profile". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ^ "2017 Mexican Championships Results". The Gymternet. June 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 Central American Sports Festival Results". The Gymternet. June 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Natalia Escalera, la menor del México clasificado a los Panamericanos de Lima". AGP Noticias (in Spanish). September 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "Natalia Escalera regresa a Ensenada con dos platas panamericanas". AGP Noticias (in Spanish). June 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Argentina gymnast Dominici receives three-year doping ban". Inside the Games. September 13, 2021.

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