Yareli Acevedo

Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (born 29 July 2001) is a Mexican track cyclist. She won the gold medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the points race. She was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in the omnium, and is a multiple-time gold medalist at the Pan American Track Championships.

Career At the 2021 Junior Pan American Games, Acevedo won five medals, including three gold medals. In June 2021, Acevedo won the madison with Victoria Velasco at the Pan American Track Championships in Lima, Peru. She also won the points race at the championships. Acevedo represented Mexico at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She and Velasco were set to compete at the 2021 Olympic Games but had to withdraw following a registration error by the Mexican federation.

Acevedo was a gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games in the omnium, and a silver medalist in the team pursuit alongside Velasco, Antonieta Gaxiola and Lizbeth Salazar. At the 2023 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, Acevedo won gold medals in the points race and the elimination race.

In March 2025, she won the elimination race at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Konya, Turkey, ahead of Lisa Van Belle of the Netherlands. The following month, Acevedo won gold medals in the scratch race, elimination race, and omnium events at the 2025 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Asunción, Paraguay.

Acevedo won the gold medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the points race in Santiago, Chile, in October 2025.

Personal life Acevedo was educated at School of Accounting and Administration, UNAM in Mexico City.

Major results Track

2021 UCI Nations Cup 1st Elimination race, Cali 2022 UCI Nations Cup 3rd Elimination race, Cali 2024 UCI Champions League 1st Elimination race, London II 2nd Elimination race, Paris 2nd Elimination race, Apeldoorn II UCI Nations Cup 3rd Elimination race, Hong Kong 2025 1st Points race, UCI Track World Championships 1st Elimination race, UCI Nations Cup

Road 2018

2020 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 2021 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships Junior Pan American Games