Sofía Gómez Villafañe

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Villafane.
Sofía Gómez Villafane
Personal information
Born (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 27)
Esquel, Argentina
Team information
Current teamStan's-Pivot Pro Team p/b Maxxis
Discipline
RoleRider

Sofía Gómez Villafane (born 15 April 1994) is an Argentine cross-country mountain biker and cyclo-cross cyclist. She represented Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Women's cross-country.[1]

Career[]

She was raised in Esquel, Patagonia until she was twelve, before moving with her family to Los Gatos, California. The fourth child of six, she discovered mountain biking through the Nor Cal High School Mountain Bike Program, and her brother found her a bike on Craigslist for $500. She went on to compete at the collegiate level for Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado where she received a Bachelor’s in exercise science and a minor in business administration.[2][3]

Villafañe resides in Heber City, Utah and races primarily in North America for the Stan's-Pivot Pro Team p/b Maxxis team, and is the Argentine national cross-country champion. She has dual American and Argentine nationality.[4]

She won the 2019 Epic Trails series, defeating World Cup champion Kate Courtney in the final race.[5] At the 2019 Pan American Games, in Lima, Peru, she won a silver medal in the cross-country race.[6]

In 2021, she became as the first female mountain biker to compete in the Olympics for Argentina since 2004 through qualifying to compete in the cross-country event.[7]

Personal life[]

She and her boyfriend, Keegan Swenson, met through mountain biking in 2012. They regularly train and travel to competitions together.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cycling Mountain Bike GOMEZ VILLAFANE Sofia - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 24 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Sofia Gomez Villafane | Mountain Biking | CLIF Athlete". Clifbar.
  3. ^ "Portrait: Sofia Gomez Villafañe". 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Stories - Meet Sofia Gomez Villafañe | Stan's NoTubes". www.notubes.com.
  5. ^ "To become a top MTB pro, Sofia Gomez Villafañe learned to put herself first". 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Mountain Bike | Athlete Profile: GOMEZ VILLAFAÑE Sofia - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe.
  7. ^ Livingston, John. "Sofia Gomez-Villafañe gives Fort Lewis College another Olympian". Durango Herald.
  8. ^ Ramsey, Ben. "Cross-country mountain biker Sofia Gomez Villafane eyes 2020 Olympics". www.parkrecord.com.

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