Compound women – Alexis Ruiz (USA)
At the 2024 champs, the Arizona native completed a spectacular triple gold haul, going completely undefeated across the tournament with three separate continental titles: gold in women’s individual compound, compound women’s team, and compound mixed team – a performance that also secured the USA its first official qualification slot for the 2025 World Games.
She climbed back onto the world podium with team silver at the 2025 World Archery Championships in Gwangju, followed by a trip to the Nanjing World Cup Final. In 2026 she took her first top seeding at stage 2 in Shanghai, shot a perfect 150-point match in the quarterfinals, and ultimately walked away with a three-medal haul: individual bronze, women’s team silver, and a mixed team gold medal alongside Jimmy Lutz.
Ruiz has been working hard on the circuit ever since her debut in 2017, when she won individual gold at the Rosario 2017 World Archery Youth Championships, but finally seems to be knocking on the door right at the very top.
Unlike our other defending champs, she arrives in Tlaxcala not as the top-ranked archer – Andrea Becerra and Alejandra Usquiano are ahead of her – but perhaps her moment has come once again.
