At just 19 years old, Mariana Zúñiga brought another joy to Chilean sports after winning the Silver medal in the individual compound arc category at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Absolute debut in this the highest event in sport, the national goalkeeper surprised after winning the Turkish Oznur Cure in the round of 16.
In the quarterfinals, Mariana Zúñiga reached sudden death to beat the Chinese Yueshan Lin and then won the semifinals with a perfect last round against the Russian Stepanida Artakhinova.
Already with a place on the podium, she lost by a narrow 134-133 to Britain’s Phoebe Paterson Pine. However, it broke all expectations.
The implications of the podium for Mariana Zúñiga
With her impressive performance in Tokyo, the national archer became the Youngest Paralympic medalist in history.
Only hours apart did she become the first Chilean woman to win a Paralympic medal, since Francisca Mardones achieved that record in the launch of the bullet.
With that of Mariana Zúñiga There are already four medals for Chile in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which are consolidated as the most successful in the history of our country.
A result that, thanks to the two golds and two silvers, has Team Para Chile in the 24th place of the Paralympic medal table.
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