Yareli Acevedo

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Yareli Acevedo
Acevedo at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full nameYareli Acevedo Mendoza
Born (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 (age 24)[1]
Team information
Current teamPato Bike BMC Team
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2024–Pato Bike BMC Team
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Mexico
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 SantiagoPoints race
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 FrankfurtPoints race
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoOmnium
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam pursuit
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 LimaMadison
Gold medal – first place2021 LimaPoints race
Gold medal – first place2023 San JuanPoints race
Gold medal – first place2023 San JuanElimination race
Gold medal – first place2025 AsuncionScratch race
Gold medal – first place2025 AsuncionElimination race
Gold medal – first place2025 AsuncionOmnium
Silver medal – second place2021 LimaIndividual pursuit
Silver medal – second place2021 LimaTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2022 LimaElimination race
Silver medal – second place2022 LimaTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2023 San JuanTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2024 Los AngelesOmnium
Bronze medal – third place2024 Los AngelesElimination race
Bronze medal – third place2024 Los AngelesTeam pursuit
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorTeam pursuit

Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (born 29 July 2001) is a Mexican track cyclist. She won the gold medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the points race. She was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in the omnium, and is a multiple-time gold medalist at the Pan American Track Championships.

Career

At the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, Acevedo won five medals, including three gold medals.[2] In June 2021, Acevedo won the madison with Victoria Velasco at the Pan American Track Championships in Lima, Peru.[3] She also won the points race at the championships.[4] Acevedo represented Mexico at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[5] She and Velasco were set to compete at the 2021 Olympic Games but had to withdraw following a registration error by the Mexican federation.[6]

Acevedo was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in the omnium, and a silver medalist in the team pursuit alongside Velasco, Antonieta Gaxiola and Lizbeth Salazar.[7][8] At the 2023 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, Acevedo won gold medals in the points race and the elimination race.[9]

In March 2025, she won the elimination race at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Konya, Turkey, ahead of Lisa Van Belle of the Netherlands.[10] The following month, Acevedo won gold medals in the scratch race, elimination race, and omnium events at the 2025 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.[11]

Acevedo won the gold medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the points race in Santiago, Chile, in October 2025.[12]

Personal life

Acevedo was educated at School of Accounting and Administration, UNAM in Mexico City.[10]

Major results

Track

2021
UCI Nations Cup
1st Elimination race, Cali
2022
UCI Nations Cup
3rd Elimination race, Cali
2024
UCI Champions League
1st Elimination race, London II
2nd Elimination race, Paris
2nd Elimination race, Apeldoorn II
UCI Nations Cup
3rd Elimination race, Hong Kong
2025
1st Points race, UCI Track World Championships
1st Elimination race, UCI Nations Cup

Road

2018
2nd Road race, Pan American Junior Championships
2020
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2021
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
Junior Pan American Games
1st Road race
2nd Time trial

References

  1. ↑ "Yareli Acevedo". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Acevedo adds another gold in the Youth Pan American Championships". Copaci.org. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Mexico bag two golds on day four of Pan American Track Cycling Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (29 June 2021). "Mexico win three titles as Pan American Track Cycling Championships conclude". Inside the Games. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Yareli Acevedo wins gold in track cycling". Elvigia.net. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Reza, Rebecca (22 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Mexico loses two spots due to misinterpretation of qualifying rules". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Keating, Steve (27 October 2023). "United States takes gold medal breather at Pan Am Games". Reuters. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Antonieta Gaxiola and Yarely Salazar win silver medals in track cycling". gob.mx. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "CANADA LEADS ALL COUNTRIES AT PAN AMERICAN TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP". Panamsports. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Yareli Acevedo, gold in Türkiye". Gaceta.unam.mx. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Yareli Acevedo, three-time Pan American champion". Gaceta.unam.mx. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Great Britain's Anna Morris sprints to silver in women's points race as Yareli Acevedo Mendoza takes dramatic gold". TNT Sports. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.