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Alessia Palacios

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Alessia Palacios
Personal information
NationalityPeruvian
Born (2000-07-06) 6 July 2000 (age 24)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
EventLightweight double sculls
TeamRegatas Universitario
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Peru
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 St. Catharines Lwt coxless pair
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Varese Lwt coxless pair

Alessia Palacios (born 6 July 2000) is a Peruvian rower. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the lightweight double sculls.

Early and personal life

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Her twin sister Valeria Palacios is also a rower.[2] The twins race for Regatas Universitario rowing club.[3]

Career

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She competed alongside her sister Valeria and was a silver medalist in the lightweight coxless pair at the 2022 World Rowing U23 Championships in Italy,[4] The pair went on to win gold at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Colombia in the lightweight double sculls.[5]

Competing at the Americas Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March 2024 alongside her sister Valeria, she qualified for the lightweight double sculls at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Alessia Palacios". World Rowing. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Straight to Paris 2024! Palacios sisters and Adriana Sanguinetti will be at the Olympic Games". Depor. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. ^ Ransley, Tom. "Paris-bound Peruvians". Pocketmags.com. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ^ "El ping pong: Conversamos con Alessia Palacios". crl.pe. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Valeria and Alessia Palacios were chosen as the best in national rowing". gob.pe. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  6. ^ "FINALS' PLACES ARE SECURED AT THE AMERICAS OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC QUALIFICATION REGATTA". World Rowing. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ^ "París 2024: clasificación de Adriana Sanguineti, Alessia y Valeria Palacios en la categoría de remo de los Juegos Olímpicos". diarioviral.pe. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.