Yareli Acevedo
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| Born | 29 July 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Pato Bike BMC Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "Yareli Acevedo". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Acevedo adds another gold in the Youth Pan American Championships". Copaci.org. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Mexico bag two golds on day four of Pan American Track Cycling Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 June 2021.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (29 June 2021). "Mexico win three titles as Pan American Track Cycling Championships conclude". Inside the Games. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "Yareli Acevedo wins gold in track cycling". Elvigia.net. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Reza, Rebecca (22 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Mexico loses two spots due to misinterpretation of qualifying rules". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Keating, Steve (27 October 2023). "United States takes gold medal breather at Pan Am Games". Reuters. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Antonieta Gaxiola and Yarely Salazar win silver medals in track cycling". gob.mx. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "CANADA LEADS ALL COUNTRIES AT PAN AMERICAN TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP". Panamsports. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Yareli Acevedo, gold in Türkiye". Gaceta.unam.mx. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Yareli Acevedo, three-time Pan American champion". Gaceta.unam.mx. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "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.