Jimena Florit Juarez is a female cyclist

Bicycle racing

Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...

 from Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, specializing in competitive mountain biking

Mountain bike

A mountain bike or mountain bicycle is a bicycle created for off-road cycling. This activity includes traversing of rocks and washouts, and steep declines,...

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Florit twice represented her native South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

n country at the Summer Olympics (2000 and 2004), where she finished in 20th and 12th place in the final rankings of the women's cross-country race. In 2003 she claimed the gold medal at the Pan American Games

2003 Pan American Games

The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....

 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, defeating USA's Mary McConneloug

Mary McConneloug

Mary McConneloug is a female racing cyclist from the United States, specializing in competitive mountain biking...

 (silver) and Chile's Francisca Campos

Francisca Campos

Francisca Linoska Campos Salas is a female cyclist from Chile, specializing in competitive mountain biking....

(bronze).