The mexican athletes have given us great memorable moments in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, where up to now they have nine medals in the present fair that began on August 24 and will conclude on Sunday, September 5.
The Mexican team, made up of a total of 60 athletes, it’s integrated by 29 women and 31 men, who have competed in athletics, boccia, equestrian, judo, swimming, powerlifting, rowing, taekwondo, table tennis, archery, and triathlon.
But who are the warriors who have hung a medal in the Paralympic summer joust? So far Mexico has a total of nine medals, of which 3 are gold, one silver and five bronze. Know who they are:
1. Fabiola Ramírez (bronze)
The Mexican mermaid conquered the first medal for Mexico in the present fair on August 25. The medal of bronze in the final of 100 meters back, category S2, after registering a time of 2 minutes, 36 seconds and 54 hundredths.
Fabiola Ramirez Martinez He stressed that this bronze is also his first medal in these jousts and the first for the Mexican Federation of Sports for People with Cerebral Palsy.
2. Rosa María Guerrero (bronze)
In her Paralympic debut, the Sinaloan Rosa Maria Guerrero Cázares engraved his name in the history of national sport by hanging the medal of bronze at women’s individual discus throw F55, after achieving a mark of 24.11 meters, on the first day of the para athletics of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which are held at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
The champion of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games, made the predictions come true and took the podium in the competition that brought together 11 pitchers.
3. Amalia Pérez (gold)
After conquering the podiums in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, the Mexican wheelchair weightlifter, Amalia Perez Vazquez, made the predictions valid and endorsed his Paralympic crown by taking the gold medal in the category of up to 61 kilograms, in the discipline of para powerlifting, of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
With a lifting of 131 kilos, which he validated on his third attempt, after those of 125 and 126, Pérez Vázquez established herself as the four-time champion of the discipline, thus becoming the highest medalist in Mexican para powerlifting with four scepters, which still hold the this sport as the third most medals awarded to the country in summer Paralympic jousts.
4. Jesús Hernández (gold)
The newt Jesus Hernandez Hernandez the gold medal in the 150 meters men’s individual combined test, SM3 class, last Saturday, which meant the second golden medal in this edition for our country and the 99th in the history of its participation in this maximum sporting event.
The representative of Guanajuato, who experiences his second appearance in a summer fair, sounded the National Anthem at the Aquatic Center of the Japanese capital after completing the tour in a time of 2: 56.99 minutes, time that earned him his second Paralympic medal after the bronze won in Rio 2016.
5. Eduardo Ávila (bronze)
Eduardo Adrián Ávila Sánchez conquered the bronze medal in the -81 kg category, after beating the French Nathan Petit, with which he rocked the tatami of the Nippon Budokan, the Japanese sanctuary of judo, a discipline in which the Aztec has, as of today, four medals in his personal collection: two golds and bronzes .
On his way to the podium, Eduardo Ávila passed the first round and defeated Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine in the quarterfinals by ippon. Later, in the semifinals, he faced in an advanced final the world champion Davurkhon Karomatov, from Uzbekistan, with whom he lost in overtime, by the smallest difference, waza-ari.
6. Diego López (bronze)
The wheelchair merman, Diego Lopez Diaz, was awarded the bronze medal, his first in a summer joust, after timed a time of 45 seconds and 66 hundredths, in the final of 50 meters back S3, of the swimming of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
This metal represented the seventh medal for Mexico in Tokyo 2020 and the 296th in the history of the Paralympic Games, but there were still more to come. In the same final of Diego López, the representative of Guanajuato, Jesús Hernández finished in fourth place, with a time of 45.75.
7. Lenia Ruvalcaba
Judoka Lenia Ruvalcaba Alvarez was awarded early Sunday morning the bronze medal, after defeating the representative of Turkey, Raziye Ulucam, in the category -70 kilograms, in judo.
It was in the imposing Japanese sanctuary of the discipline, the Nippon Budokan, that the Mexican was imposed by ippon to her opponent, to hang the third Paralympic medal on her personal account, after her silver in Beijing 2008 and gold in Rio 2016.
8. Mónica Rodríguez (gold)
The long distance runner for the blind and visually impaired Monica Olivia Rodríguez Saavedra rocked the Tokyo Olympic Stadium after conquering the gold medal, with a world record, by timing 4 minutes, 37 seconds, 40 hundredths, in the final of the 1,500 meters, category T11, which was held on the fourth day of the para athletics of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Together with your guide Kevin Aguilar, with whom she also won gold at the Parapan American Games in Lima 2019, the Jalisco imposed conditions and left the South African Louzanne Coetzee with the silver and the bronze in the hands of the Kenyan Nancy Koech.
9. Gloria Zarza (silver)
The athlete in a wheelchair, Gloria Zarza Guadarrama, harvested the silver medal in the F54 class bullet momentum final, with a record of 8.06 meters, his personal best, within the framework of the fourth day of para athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Zarza had a fierce competition, as it was only surpassed by the Chilean Francisca Mardones, who set a world record with a distance of 8.33 meters. The podium was completed by the representative of Uzbekistan, Nurkhon Kurbanova, also with her personal best, with 7.77 meters.
10. Arnulfo Castorena (gold)
The Mexican swimmer Jose Arnulfo Castorena Velez is firmer than ever in the elite of global adapted sport swimming. This Tuesday the gold medal in the 50 meters breaststroke, category SB2, with a time of 59 seconds and 25 hundredths.
The originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, wins his test again 17 years after hanging gold medals in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. In addition, the Jalisco has three more medals: two silver and one bronze.
11. Jesús Hernández (bronze)
The Mexican swimmer Jesus Hernandez Hernandez was awarded the medal of bronze In the same test as Castorena with a time of 1: 02.27, a metal that was number 300 in the country’s historical account in the summer joust, in addition to becoming the first Mexican to hang two medals in Tokyo 2020.
He assured that this result has a special meaning. “It is something extraordinary for me, I feel like the phoenix rising from its ashes, because I had cancer and when everyone believed that I could not get ahead, there I was; Furthermore, this bronze medal symbolizes a great challenge for me, it is a test in which I have mastered my fears ”, he commented.
12. Nely Miranda (bronze)
To close the day, the representative of Veracruz, Nely miranda herrera, the bronze medal, in the final of 50 meters chest SB3, with a time of 1: 01.60. With this podium, the Mexican swimmer reached four Paralympic medals, after her two golds in Beijing 2008, bronze in Rio 2016 and now bronze in Tokyo 2020.
“I am super happy, excited to be back with this medal for Mexico. In Rio 2016 they disqualified me in this test, so this was my revenge, we achieved this bronze medal for Mexico, but it tastes like gold, “he said.
13. José Rodolfo Chessani (gold)
The Mexican Athlete Jose Rodolfo Chessani was crowned in the 400 meters flat T38 with a time of 49.99 seconds, proof in which he was the great favorite. Mexico reached five golds and 13 total medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The 22-year-old sprinter from Veracruz achieved a time of 49.99 seconds, his personal best, placing Mexico in 17th place on the Paralympic medal table in the Japanese capital.
One week of emotions is missing and we hope that the Mexican Paralympic athletes will continue to collect more medals until they surpass those of Rio 2016, which were 15.
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