Crisanto Grajales Valencia

Crisanto took up triathlon at the young age of nine and served as the flag bearer for Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games and won the Mexican National Sports Award in 2015.

The Mexican triathlete Crisanto won gold medals at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games. He placed 28th at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and 12th at the 2016 Olympic Games. Crisanto aims to qualify and represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career Highlights:
- 1st place at the 2019 Lima Pan American Games
- 16th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Leeds
- 13th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Gold Coast
- 19th place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Yokohama
- 24th place at the 2017 New Plymouth ITU Triathlon World Cup
- 21st place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Abu Dhabi
- 7th place at the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Cozumel
- 12th place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games