Ana Guevara

Ana Guevara

Ana Guevara (front) at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1977-03-04) March 4, 1977 (age 39) Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Occupation	Retired Sprinter, politician.
Medal record Women's athletics Olympic Games 2004 Athens 400 m World Championships 2003 Paris 400 m 2001 Edmonton 400 m 2005 Helsinki 400 m IAAF World Cup 2002 Madrid 400 m 2002 Madrid 4x400 m Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane 400 m 2001 Brisbane 4x400m Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 400 m 2003 Santo Domingo 400 m 2007 Rio de Janeiro 400 m 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4x400 m Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador 400 metres 2002 San Salvador 4x400 m 2005 Cartagena 400 metres 2005 Cartagena 4x400 m 1998 Maracaibo 400 metres 1998 Maracaibo 800 metres Ibero-American Championships 1998 Lisbon 400 metres 1998 Lisbon 4x400 metres 1998 Lisbon 800 metres CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1996 San Salvador 800 m 1996 San Salvador 4x400 m relay

Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (born March 4, 1977, in Nogales, Sonora) is a now-retired Mexican track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters. She is a Mexican Senator for the 2012-2018 term. Father: Cesar Octavio Guevara Mother: Ana María Espinoza. Siblings: Azalia, César, Daniela y Jaime

Her career began in 1996 carrying out diverse tours, participating in her first international competitions. In 1998, she won two silver medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games in the 400 and 800 meters.

Her first major victory was the gold medal in the 400m at the 1999 Pan American Games in Canada. A year later, she qualified to the 2000 Sydney Olympics going to the 400m finals, finishing with a reasonable 5th place with a time of 49.96 seconds. (After that race, she won 28 consecutive international races before a second-place finish in Rome in July 2004).

In 2001, she won the 400m race in Monaco, one of the two 400m events held at Golden League competitions this year. At the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, Guevara made the finals in the 400m. She came off the last turn leading the race with about 105m to go. Unfortunately, she could not keep the fast pace and was passed by Amy Mbacke Thiam from Senegal and Lorraine Fenton from Jamaica with no more than 20 meters to go. Guevara won the bronze medal posting a season best with a time of 49.97 seconds. In fact, Fenton and Mbacke Thiam also posted personal bests, the last one also being a national record.

In 2002, she won all seven competitions of 400m of the Golden League (Oslo, Paris, Rome, Monaco, Zurich, Brussels and Berlin) sharing the jackpot of one million dollars in gold bars with three athletes. She also won the gold medal at the 2002 IAAF World Cup in 400m and 400m relay, running for the Americas team. She won the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final in Paris.