Catalina Peláez
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| Country |  Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 4, 1991 Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Black Knight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 56 (October 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 104 (October 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Catalina Peláez (born September 4, 1991, in Bogotá) is a professional squash player who represents Colombia. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 56 in October 2015.[1]
In 2003, she was injured in a car bomb explosion at Club El Nogal in the Colombian armed conflict. Her injuries prevented her from walking for two months, and from playing squash for about five months. She has spoken of how all she could think of was to get better to be able to return to sports. "Sports was my motivation and my salvation during those hard times."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Catalina Pelaez". www.squashinfo.com.
- ^ staff, Squash Mad (2023-11-10). "Colombia's Catalina Peláez: How squash helped rebuild life after terrorist attack". Squash Mad. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
External links
[edit]- Catalina Peláez at WISPA (archived)
- Catalina Peláez at WSA (archived)
- Catalina Peláez at Squash Info
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Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Colombian female squash players
- Pan American Games medalists in squash
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Colombia
- Squash players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Squash players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Squash players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- South American Games medalists in squash
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2013 World Games
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Bogotá
- 21st-century Colombian sportswomen
- South American squash biography stubs
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