Mayra García

Mayra García
portrait
birthday	May 16, 1972
place of birth	Tijuana, Mexico
size	1.73 m
Partner	2001–2005 Hilda Gaxiola 2007–2012 Bibiana Candelas
successes
2003 - Silver Pan American Games 2004 - Olympic participant 2007 - Bronze Pan American Games 2008 - Olympic participant 2011 - Silver Pan American Games
(As of June 29, 2013)

Mayra García (born May 16, 1972 in Tijuana ) is a Mexican beach volleyball player .

Career

In 2001 García formed a duo with her long-time partner Hilda Gaxiola . After surviving the preliminary round, the Mexicans won the national duel against Galindo / Huerta in the first main round of the World Cup in Klagenfurt and lost to the Czechs Celbová / Nováková in the second round . Two years later they failed in Rio de Janeiro as runners-up to the Chinese You Wenhui and Wang Lu . Before the World Cup, they had achieved top ten results in various open tournaments. In 2004 in Athens they had to say goodbye to the Olympic tournament after the preliminary round without winning a set. At the 2005 World Cup in Berlin , they lost in the second round against the German duo Lahme / Müsch and on the losing side against the Greek Koutroumanidou / Tsiartsiani . After finishing ninth at the Acapulco Open, they separated at the end of the year.

In 2007 García formed a beach volleyball duo with Bibiana Candelas . The two Mexicans won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games . In 2008 Candelas / García made it into the top ten at two open tournaments as well as at the Grand Slams in Berlin and Stavanger . They also won the NORCECA tournament in Guatemala City . In Beijing they took part in the Olympic Games . They reached the lucky loser round as third in the group, in which they lost to the Norwegian duo Håkedal / Tørlen in the tiebreaker .

In 2009 Candelas / García qualified for the World Championships in Stavanger . As group third they came into the first main round, in which they had to admit defeat to the later finalists Larissa / Juliana from Brazil. In the same year they won the tournaments of the NORCECA tour in Tijuana and Puerto Vallarta . In 2010 they achieved the best result so far on the World Tour as fifth in the Grand Slam in Gstaad . At the 2011 World Cup in Rome, however, the Mexicans were eliminated as the bottom of the group in the preliminary round, having only won two sets in three games. They were more successful at home; they won three tournaments of the NORCECA series and the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara . The best result of the World Tour 2012 was achieved by Candelas / García with 13th place at the Brasília Open. After the Grand Slam in Beijing, García ended her international career.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)
• Mayra García in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )