Julia Gutiérrez
Julia Irene Gutiérrez Pereyra is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast. As a member of the senior national group, she is a three-time Pan American Games silver medalist, a two-time Pan American champion, and a three-time Central American and Caribbean Games champion. She represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
2023
Gutiérrez became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2023 and joined Mexico's senior group. The group began the season at the 2023 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics [World Cup series|2023 Portimão World Cup], finishing seventh in the all-around and fifth in the 5 hoops final. Then at the Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|Pan American Championships] in Guadalajara, the group won silver medals in the all-around and both event finals, all behind Brazil. With these results, Mexico qualified groups for the upcoming World Championships and Pan American Games. The next month, the group swept the gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games.Gutiérrez won a bronze medal with the Mexican group at the World Challenge Cup event in Cluj-Napoca in the 5 hoops event final. They also placed eighth in the all-around and seventh in 3 ribbons and 2 balls. Then at the final World Cup event in Milan, they finished 13th in the all-around. She then competed at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia alongside Dalia Alcocer, Sofia Flores, Kimberly Salazar, Adirem Tejeda and Karen Villanueva. The group finished 14th in the all-around and qualified for the 3 ribbons and 2 balls final, where they finished eighth.
In October, Gutiérrez and the Mexican group traveled to Israel for a training camp, but they had to be rescued by the Mexican Air Force because of the start of the Gaza war. Three weeks later, they competed at the Pan American Games and won the silver medal in the Gymnastics at the 2023 Pan [American Games – Women's rhythmic group all-around|all-around]. As the highest-placing team that had not already qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Mexico earned its first-ever Olympic berth in group rhythmic gymnastics. Additionally, the group won the silver medals in both event finals.