Valeria Pereyra

Valeria Pereyra
Pereyra in 2012
Personal information
Born (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996
Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Argentina Argentina
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Argentina
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 SantiagoUneven bars
Gold medal – first place2012 RosarioTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 SantiagoTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 SantiagoUneven bars
Silver medal – second place2011 SantiagoTeam
Silver medal – second place2012 RosarioFloor exercise
Bronze medal – third place2011 SantiagoAll-around
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 1

Valeria Pereyra (born 12 February 1996) is an Argentine former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and is a two-time South American champion on the uneven bars.

Gymnastics career

At the 2011 South American Championships, Pereyra helped Argentina win the team silver medal behind Brazil. Additionally, she won a gold medal on the uneven bars and a bronze medal in the all-around.[2] She competed at the 2012 Olympic Test Event and finished 46th in the all-around, receiving a berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3][4] She then competed at the 2012 Osijek World Challenge Cup and finished eighth in the uneven bars final.[5] At the Maribor World Challenge Cup, she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars, behind Céline van Gerner and Marta Pihan-Kulesza.[6]

Pereyra represented Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished 51st in the all-around during the qualification round.[7] After the Olympic Games, she won a team gold medal at the 2012 South American Championships. She also won a silver medal on the floor exercise.[8] At the 2013 Pan American Championships, she finished fourth on the uneven bars and seventh on the balance beam.[9]

Pereyra tore her ACL at the end of 2013 and retired from gymnastics.[10] She began training again in October 2018.[11] She helped Argentina win the team title at the 2019 South American Championships, and she also won the uneven bars title.[12] She represented Argentina at the 2019 Pan American Games and helped the team finish in fourth place. She finished 20th in the uneven bars qualification and did not advance into the apparatus final.[13] She then won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2019 Argentinian Championships.[14] Pereyra last competed at the 2022 Argentinian Championships.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Valeria Pereyra". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ "10th South American Championships Sudamericano Mayores GA Lugar (CHI) 2011 Aug 4-7 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Women Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "List of Women's Artistic Gymnastics 2012 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (29 April 2012). "2012 Osijek Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Gymnasts Shine at the Salamunov Memorial". World Gymnastics. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Gymnastics - Artistic / Womenʼs Individual All-Around". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "XI South American Gymnastics Championships 2012 XI Campeonato Sudamericano de Adultos Rosario (ARG) 2012 Nov 8-11 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (11 August 2013). "2013 Pan American Championships". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Valeria Pereyra, la chica del póster". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  11. ↑ Guitian, Diego (18 June 2019). "La Olímpica Valeria". Vélez Sarsfield (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  12. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (25 June 2019). "2019 South American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Pereyra y Pisos, orgullos velezanos". Vélez Sarsfield (in Spanish). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  14. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (25 August 2019). "2019 Argentinian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "Valeria Pereyra". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
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