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Ailen Valente

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Ailen Valente
NicknameAilu
Born (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 30)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
ClubClub Argym
Head coach
Florencia Gugliada
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Image Argentina
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 SucreUneven bars
Bronze medal – third place2016 SucreFloor exercise
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 RosarioTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 CochabambaAll-around
Gold medal – first place2016 LimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 SantiagoTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 SantiagoTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 CochabambaUneven bars
Silver medal – second place2015 CaliTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 CaliUneven bars
Silver medal – second place2017 CochabambaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 CochabambaBalance beam
Bronze medal – third place2014 CochabambaFloor exercise

Ailen Valente (born 26 March 1996)[2] is an Argentine former artistic gymnast. She won two bronze medals at the 2016 Pan American Championships and also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the 2014 South American all-around champion and a two-time South American Championships team gold medalist.

Gymnastics career

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At the 2011 South American Championships, Valente helped Argentina win the team silver medal behind Brazil.[3] She then won a team gold medal at the 2012 South American Championships.[4] She competed on the vault and uneven bars at the 2012 Osijek World Challenge Cup but did not advance into either final.[5]

Valente placed 23rd in the all-around at the 2014 Pan American Championships.[6] She competed at her first World Championships in 2014 and finished 72nd in the all-around qualifications.[7] At the 2014 South American Championships, she won the all-around gold medal.[8] In the event finals, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars and bronze medals on the balance beam and floor exercise.[9]

Valente finished sixth on the floor exercise at the 2015 São Paulo World Cup.[10] She then won a silver medal in the team competition at the 2015 South American Championships. She also won a silver medal on the uneven bars, behind Jade Barbosa.[11] She represented Argentina at the 2015 Pan American Games and advanced into the all-around final, finishing 12th.[12] She finished 80th in the all-around qualifications at the 2015 World Championships.[13]

Valente competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and finished 61st in the all-around, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games.[14][15] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Valente finished 56th in the all-around qualification round with a total score of 50.065 after falling on both the balance beam and floor exercise.[16][17][18] After the Olympic Games, she competed at the 2016 Pan American Championships and won bronze medals on both the uneven bars and the floor exercise.[19] At the 2016 South American Championships in Lima, she won a gold medal in the team competition.[20]

Valente won a silver medal in the team competition at the 2017 South American Championships. This marked the final competition of her career.[21]

References

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  1. ↑ "Ailen Valente". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ailen Valente". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (29 April 2012). "2012 Osijek Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (1 September 2014). "2014 Pan American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2014. p. 4. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Resultados Sudameriano Mayores de Artistica 2014". Confederación Sudamericana de Gimnasia (in Spanish). 14 December 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Confederación Sudamericana de Gimnasia [@consugi_oficial] (14 December 2014). "Women's results" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Women's Floor Exercise Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (26 June 2015). "2015 South American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book Toronto 2015" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Toronto 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 23 October 2015. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "List of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  16. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics: Women's Qualification Subdivision 2 Results". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Destacado debut olímpico de Ailén Valente". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "Río 2016: Ailén Valente sumó una valiosa experiencia en los Juegos". La Nación (in Spanish). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  19. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (17 September 2016). "2016 Pan American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  20. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (20 November 2016). "2016 South American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  21. ↑ "Ailen Valente". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
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