Jashia Luna

Jashia Luna
Personal information
Surname:	Jashia Judith Luna Alfaro
Nationality:	Mexico
Discipline (s) :	Artistic / tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	December 28, 1979
Place of birth:	Guadalajara
Size:	162 cm
Weight:	56 kg

Jashia Judith Luna Alfaro (born December 28, 1979 in Guadalajara ) is a former Mexican water diver . She started in both the 3 m artificial jumping as well as the 10 m high diving as well as the synchronized jumping. Luna took part in a total of three Olympic Games .

Luna played her first international championship at the 1998 World Cup in Perth . Two years later she started at the Olympic Games in Sydney . From the 3-meter board, she narrowly missed the semi-finals in 19th place, with María Alcalá she finished sixth in the 3-m synchronized jumping. In 2003 she took part in the Pan American Games for the first time in Santo Domingo . She finished eighth on the 3-meter board and seventh on the 10-meter tower. A year later, Luna played her second Olympic Games in Athens . From the 3-meter board, she again failed to make it into the semifinals in 20th place, but from the 10-m tower she qualified for the semifinals, where she came 13th. In addition, she started with Paola Espinosa for the first time in the 10 m synchronized jumping, the duo reached fifth place in the final. Luna played her most successful world championship in 2005 in Montreal . With Espinosa she started in both synchronized competitions, the duo came fourth on the 3-meter board and sixth on the 10-meter tower. At the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne , the duo was able to again achieve a good placement with seventh place in the 10 m synchronized jumping.

Luna narrowly qualified for her third Olympic Games at the World Cup in Beijing . She started at the games only in the individual from the 3-meter board, reached the semi-finals and finished 16th in the end. Luna then ended her active career.

Web links

• Jashia Luna in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Results overview on the-sports.org (English)
• Profile of Jashia Luna at the Institute for Applied Training Science

Individual evidence

1. ↑ La clavadista mexicana Jashia Luna clasifica a las Olimpíadas de Pekín - Beijing 2008. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 26, 2012 ; Retrieved March 27, 2012 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.