Audrey Jimenez, named the Roman Bravo-Young Wrestler of the Year by AllSportsTucson.com after winning a state title as a freshman at Sunnyside High School, is the Jet Sports Training Female of the Month for July for her performance in the Cadet World Championships.
Jimenez returned to Tucson from the 2021 Cadet World Championships at Hungary, Budapest, with a bronze medal in the 49 kg (108-pound) weight class after her technical fall win July 22 over Romania’s Delia Voiculescu. She defeated Voiculescu in 1:45 after generating a leg lace and operating two turns to reach the 10-0 victory.
Jimenez earned her second international medal — she won the U15 gold in the 2019 Pan Am Games — after rebounding from an 8-6 loss in the semifinals to Svenja Jungo of Switzerland.
“I was just wrestling to my best effort and scoring the next point,” Jimenez told FloWrestling about earning the bronze. “My semifinals match, I didn’t do that, so I was focusing on putting my full effort out there on my last match showing what I can do.”
Jimenez won four matches in the Cadet World Championships by technical fall using her potent leg-lace maneuver.
“I learned a lot (from the loss to Jungo) — it’s definitely not what I wanted,” said Jimenez, who tried to work her way back from 4-0 and 8-4 deficits against Jungo. “It was more of a mental loss. I wasn’t too focused out there. I kind of slowed my pace down when I thought I felt comfortable. I learned that I just need to keep pushing the pace and keep on trying to score the next point.”
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
January 2021: Ironwood Ridge golfer Celia Schrecker
February 2021: Tucson High grad, Arizona diver Delaney Schnell
March 2021: Sahuaro basketball player Alyssa Brown
April 2021: Salpointe softball player Alyssa Aguilar
May 2021: Sabino track athlete Eva Bruce
June 2021: Buena grad, Phoenix College pitcher Brianna Hardy
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon.
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