2026 USA Boxing Elite Women's Team Headshots

Alyssa Mendoza

Olympian 2024

2025

Athlete Bio

Age

Hometown

Caldwell, ID

Alyssa Mendoza competed at the 2024 Olympic Games, where she finished 1-1 after falling in the quarterfinals of her bracket. She is one of Team USA’s youngest rising stars and recently represented Team USA at 57 kg in Paris as she competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Mendoza, 21, has dominated in her first couple years of international competition bringing home a medal in three international competitions in 2023. Mendoza, native of Caldwell, Idaho, also won gold at the 2022 USA Boxing Elite National Championships and is the first Olympic boxer from Idaho.

HOMETOWN: Caldwell, Idaho

DOB: 8/17/2003

WEIGHT CLASS: 57 KG/125 LBS.

PERSONAL COACH: Refugio Mendoza

Career Highlights

2025 World Boxing Challenge Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem: 1st Place
Paris 2024 Olympic Boxer
2024 USA Boxing National Championships: 1st Place
2023 Gee Bee International Tournament: 3rd Place
2023 Czech Republic Grand Prix: 2nd Place
2023 Strandja International Tournament: 3rd Place
2022 USA Boxing Elite National Championships: 1st Place
2022 USA Boxing Summer Festival: 1st Place
2022 National Golden Gloves: 1st Place
2022 USA Boxing National Qualifier: 2nd Place
2021 USA Boxing Elite National Championships: 3rd Place
2019 USA Boxing Youth National Championships: 1st Place
2019 National PAL Championships: 1st Place
2019 Eastern Regional Championships: 1st Place
2019 Western Regional Championships: 1st Place

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To be representing Team USA at 57 kg is a huge accomplishment. I always have been watching whenever USA goes international, and I’ve always thought like, 'man, I can’t wait until I can do that', and now I am, and I’m super excited about it.

Alyssa Mendoza

Alyssa Punches Her Ticket To Paris

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