Daniela Sandoval
Ecuadorian athlete
Daniela Cristina Sandoval Bravo (born January 18, 1991) is an Ecuadorian athlete, mountain climber, cyclist, and physical therapist.
Sandoval was born in Quito. She is best known for climbing and descending Aconcagua, a 6,962 m (22,841 ft) tall mountain, in 20 hours and 17 minutes, breaking the previous women's record. She climbed the mountain using the usual rote: she started on the north face of the mountain, traveled from the Valley of Horcones to the summit, and descended.
Daniela Sandoval belongs to the team Ecuador Closer to the Sun.
Biography
When she was nine, Sandoval joined the Mountain Climbing Club at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador; her parents, Consuelo Bravo and Eduardo Sandoval, were also members. She attended the "Free Air" holiday camps, organized in Quito by Fabián Zurita, where she perfected mountain climbing techniques.
As an adolescent, Sandoval visited mountains with her family, but she only dedicated herself to mountain athletics at the age of 18.
Daniela Sandoval has participated in long-distance trail running races since she was 18. In 2017, she won first place in the PETZL Trail Plus Race, held in Baños, Ecuador.
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