Mexico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

. The country was represented by 68 athletes, a smaller delegation than at the previous Games.

Winners

Name	Sport	Category
Nely Miranda	Swimming - Women's 50m freestyle	S4
Nely Miranda	Swimming - Women's 100m freestyle	S4
Eduardo Ávila Sanchez	Judo Paralympic Judo Paralympic judo is an adaptation of the Japanese martial art of judo for visually impaired competitors. The rules of the sport are only slightly different from regular judo competitions...	N/A
Juan Ignacio Reyes	Swimming - Men's 50m backstroke	S4
Amalia Pérez	Powerlifting	50kg
Pedro Rangel	Swimming - Men's 100m breaststroke	SB5
Perla Bustamante	Athletics - Women's 100m	T42
Patricia Valle	Swimming - Women's 50m freestyle	S3
Mauro Máximo	Athletics - Men's Shot Put	F53/54
Mario Santillán	Athletics - Men's Marathon	T46
Lenia Ruvalcaba	Judo Paralympic Judo Paralympic judo is an adaptation of the Japanese martial art of judo for visually impaired competitors. The rules of the sport are only slightly different from regular judo competitions...	N/A
María de los Ángeles Ortiz	Athletics - Women's shot put	F58
Doramitzi González	Swimming - Women's 50m freestyle	S6
Jeny Velasco	Athletics - Women's Javelin Throw	F57-58
Laura Cerero	Powerlifting	-40kg
Luis Alberto Zepeda	Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw	F53/54
Doramitzi González	Swimming - Women's 100m freestyle)	S6
Perla Patricia Bárcenas	Powerlifting	-82.50
Patricia Valle	Swimming - Women's 150m Individual Medley	SM4
Mario Santillan	Athletics - Men's 5000m	T46

Athletics

Saúl Mendoza
Saúl Mendoza
Saúl Mendoza is a former wheelchair racer, who competed at the Olympic and Paralympic levels.He acquired polio when he was 6 months old, and he grew up playing different sports....
María de los Ángeles Ortiz
Constantino Angeles
Luis Zapien
Perla Bustamante
Perla Bustamante
Perla Bustamante is a Paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T42 sprint events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's Shot putt - F42-46 event and a bronze medal in the women's Long jump - F42 event. She also...
Benjamín Cardozo
Gloria Sánchez
Yazmith Bataz
Fernando Sánchez
Gonzalo Valdovinos
Jaime Ramírez
Jaime Ramírez
Jaime Caupolicán Ramírez Banda was a Chilean football striker.-Club:He was skillful with the ball, he had great technique and even at his height, he had a great heading shot, he played in the junior divisions of Bádminton , Universidad de Chile in the Ballet Azul years, Colo-Colo champion with the...
Estela Salas
Salvador Hernández
Salvador Hernandez
Salvador Hernandez is an athlete and Paralympian from Mexico competing mainly in category T51/T52 wheelchair racing events.He competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States...
Evelyn Enciso
Mauro Máximo

Swimming

Juan Ignacio Reyes
Cristopher Tronco Sánchez
Cristopher Tronco Sánchez
Cristopher Tronco Sánchez is a Mexican swimmer.He has represented Mexico at the Paralympic Games in 2008 Summer Paralympics.-External links:****...
Doramitzi González
Vidal Domínguez

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