SPORTS IN PUERTO RICO: PUERTO RICAN WOMEN AT THE OLYMPICS 2021

(Puerto Rico first partcipated at the Olympics Games in 1948)

This time at the Olympics, Ms. Jasmin Camacho-Quinn brough home the Gold in hunrdles with a record-breaking timing of 12.37.2
Monica Puig: She brought in the Gold in tennis in 2020. She is the first Puerto Rican in history to win a gold medal at the Olympics representing Puerto Rico.
Sheehan Miriam: GOLD, record breaking swimming scores: “something I would have never had the chance to experience if I had chosen to represent the United States. I want swimming to be a stronger sport in Puerto Rico.”
Isalys Quinones: Reaches her dream of winning at the Olympics in basketball. Quiñones said she is honored not only to have the opportunity to play in the Olympics but also to represent Puerto Rico.
Victoria Toro Arena: Stanford med student, became Puerto Rico’s first female rower in the Tokyo Olympics.
Maria Torres: Maria Fernanda Torres is the first player from Puerto Rico to earn a full LPGA Tour. “Since I was little, I have watched the Olympics. They inspire me to compete and represent my country.”
& 8. Melisssa Mojica: Olympics, 2021 Judo OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE; OLYMPIC MEDALS: 2012, 2016, and 2020. 8. Maria Perez: Judo: Two-time Olympian Melissa Mojica and Rio 2016 Olympian María Pérez (women’s middleweight, 70 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes.

Victoria Stambaugh: Puerto Rico entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Victoria Stambaugh secured a spot in the women’s flyweight category (49 kg) with a top two finish. Victoria Stambaugh is a Puerto Rican taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Yarimar Mercado: Champion in shooting; Puerto Rico granted an invitation to send Rio 2016 Olympian Yarimar Mercado in the women’s rifle shooting at the Olympics.
Áurea Esther Cruz Dalmau: Indoor and beach volleyball player. The Puerto Rico Women’s National Volleyball team is one of the more consistent teams, taking one silver and two bronzes on the NORCECA Women’s Volleyball Championship; one silver and two bronzes at the Pan-American Cup, and five silvers and one bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Games.