Natalia Escalera Explained

Natalia Escalera
Full Name:Natalia Isabel Escalera Cárdenas
Birth Date:3 July 2002
Birth Place:Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Natlteam:2017–present (MEX)
Club:Baja Dynamo
Headcoach:Pavel Oceguera
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Natalia Isabel Escalera Cárdenas (born 3 July 2002) is a Mexican artistic gymnast. She is the 2021 Pan American champion and the 2023 Pan American Games bronze medalist on the vault. She represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Escalera was born in Ensenada in 2002 and began gymnastics when she was three years old at Baja Dynamo, where she still trains.[1] [2]

Gymnastics career

2017

At the 2017 Mexican Championships, Escalera finished third in the all-around in the junior division.[3] Then at the Central American Sports Festival, she finished seventh in the all-around and won a silver medal on the vault.[4]

2018–2019

Escalera became age-eligible for senior competition in 2018. She finished sixth at her first senior-level national championships.[5] She was selected to represent Mexico at the 2018 Pan American Championships where she helped the team win the bronze medal.[6]

At the 2019 Mexican Championships, Escalera placed twelfth in the all-around.[7]

2021

At the 2021 Pan American Championships, Escalera finished fifth in the all-around and was less than 0.400 points away from winning a continental quota for the Olympic Games. She helped Mexico place second and qualified for three event finals, originally finishing second on vault behind Martina Dominici, fifth on uneven bars, and fifth on floor exercise.[8] However, Dominici tested positive for a banned substance; as a result, her results were overturned, and Escalera was awarded the gold medal on vault.[9] At the World Championships, she qualified for the vault final and placed seventh.[10]

2022

Escalera began the 2022 season by winning the all-around silver medal behind Ahtziri Sandoval at the Mexican Championships.[11] She then competed at the Pan American Championships where she helped Mexico place fourth as a team and qualify for the upcoming World Championships. Individually, she won a silver medal on the vault behind Karla Navas of Panama.[12] At the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she finished fourth on the uneven bars and fifth on the vault and floor exercise.[13] She finished 32nd in the all-around during the qualification round of the World Championships, making her the third reserve for the all-around final.[14]

2023

Escalera began the season by winning her first national all-around title.[15] She then competed at the Pan American Championships where she won silver in the all-around behind Tiana Sumanasekera and also won three bronze medals on the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. Additionally, she helped the Mexican team win the silver medal behind the United States and secure qualification for the upcoming World Championships and Pan American Games.[16] She then helped the Mexican team win the gold medal at the Central American & Caribbean Games.[17] Individually, she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind teammate Alexa Moreno.[18]

At the 2023 World Championships, Escalera helped Mexico finish 14th in the qualification round. Although they did not qualify as a full team to the upcoming Olympic Games, they did earn Mexico a non-nominative berth.[19] [20] Escalera ended the year competing at the 2023 Pan American Games where she won bronze on vault behind Rebeca Andrade and Jordan Chiles.[21] [22]

2024

Escalera started the year competing at the Cottbus World Cup and placed fifth on vault and seventh on uneven bars.[23] She also finished fifth on the vault at the Baku World Cup.[24] In March, the Mexican Gymnastics Federation officially awarded Escalera the non-nominative Olympic berth they earned at the previous year's World Championships.[25] [2] She placed 52nd on uneven bars at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAAVTUBBBFX
Junior
2017 align=left Mexican Championships
align=left Central American Sports Festival 7
Senior
2018 align=left Mexican Championships 6
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2019 align=left Mexican Championships 12
2021
align=left 4 4
align=left 7
2022align=left Mexican Championships
align=left 4 9
align=left 5 4 5
align=left
2023align=left Mexican Championships
align=left
align=left 4 5
align=left 14
align=left 4 6
2024 align=left 5 7
align=left 5
align=left Olympic Games 52
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Natalia Ensenada FIG profile . 29 July 2024 . International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. Web site: de la Torre . Estela . Mexico's Natalia Escalera on qualifying for Paris 2024: 'I cried with a feeling of relief and happiness' . . 11 May 2024 . 4 April 2024.
  3. Web site: 2017 Mexican Championships Results. The Gymternet. 1 June 2017. Hopkins. Lauren. 11 May 2024.
  4. Web site: 2017 Central American Sports Festival Results. The Gymternet. 30 June 2017. Hopkins. Lauren. 11 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2018 Mexican Championships Results . The Gymternet . 11 May 2024 . 8 June 2018.
  6. Web site: Natalia Escalera, la menor del México clasificado a los Panamericanos de Lima. Natalia Escalera, the youngest from Mexico qualified for the Pan American Games in Lima. es. 25 September 2018. AGP Noticias. 11 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2019 Mexican Championships Results . The Gymternet . 11 May 2024 . 8 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Natalia Escalera regresa a Ensenada con dos platas panamericanas. Natalia Escalera returns to Ensenada with two Pan American silver medals. es. AGP Noticias. 6 June 2021. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607081016/https://agpnoticias.com/news/natalia-escalera-regresa-a-ensenada-con-dos-platas-panamericanas/. 7 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Argentina gymnast Dominici receives three-year doping ban. Inside the Games. 13 September 2021. 11 May 2024. Iveson. Ali.
  10. Web site: 50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 18 October - 24 October 2021 Women's Vault Final . . . 11 May 2024 . 23 October 2021.
  11. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 Mexican Championships Results . The Gymternet . 11 May 2024 . 28 May 2022.
  12. Web site: Clasifica Natalia Escalera a Mundial de Gimnasia . Natalia Escalera qualifies for the Gymnastics World Championships . El Vigia . 11 May 2024 . es . 18 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Baja Californian Natalia Escalera is in the Top 5 at the World Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup in Hungary . San Diego Red . 11 May 2024 . 4 October 2022.
  14. Web site: 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Women's All-Around Qualification . . . 11 May 2024 . 29 October 2022.
  15. Web site: Ganan Natalia Escalera y Alexa Moreno oro en SLP . Natalia Escalera and Alexa Moreno win gold in SLP . El Vigia . 11 May 2024 . es . 16 May 2023.
  16. Web site: Mancera . Diego . México brilla en la gimnasia artística con Alexa Moreno y Natalia Escalera . Mexico shines in artistic gymnastics with Alexa Moreno and Natalia Escalera . El Pais . 11 May 2024 . es . 27 May 2023.
  17. Web site: 2023-06-26 . La selección femenil de Gimnasia Artística encabezada por Alexa Moreno conquista oro en la prueba por equipos de Juegos Centroamericanos . The women's Artistic Gymnastics team led by Alexa Moreno wins gold in the team event of the Central American Games . 2023-09-21 . Latin US . es-MX.
  18. Web site: Franceschini . Gustavo . 2023-06-29 . San Salvador 2023: Alexa Moreno brilla y México domina la gimnasia artística; ve el medallero completo . San Salvador 2023: Alexa Moreno shines and Mexico dominates artistic gymnastics; see the full medal table . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230921013823/https://olympics.com/es/noticias/san-salvador-2023-alexa-moreno-gimnasia-medallero-resultados . 2023-09-21 . 2023-09-20 . .
  19. Web site: Gunston . Jo . World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: USA women post top qualifying team score . . 24 February 2024 . 2 October 2023.
  20. Web site: Rendez-vous Paris 2024: See who qualified to the women's team competition! . . 24 February 2024 . 3 October 2023.
  21. Web site: Natalia Escalera se lleva bronce en gimnasia artística. es-mx. Natalia Escalera takes bronze in artistic gymnastics. 25 October 2023. Enfoque Noticias.
  22. Web site: Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic and USA reign over Gymnastics at the Pan American Games . . 11 May 2024 . 26 October 2023.
  23. Web site: López . Arturo . ¡Mexicana en la élite! Natalia Escalera es quinta en Copa del Mundo . Mexican in the elite! Natalia Escalera is fifth in the World Cup . Excélsior . 11 May 2024 . es . 24 February 2024.
  24. Web site: FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup AGF Trophy Women Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final . . . 11 May 2024 . 9 March 2024.
  25. Web site: Natalia Escalera cumplirá su sueño, confirmada por México para París 2024. March 15, 2024. es-mx. Natalia Escalera will fulfill her dream, confirmed by Mexico for Paris 2024. Excélsior.
  26. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . Natalia Escalera . The Gymternet . 18 July 2021 . 11 May 2024.

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