Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Mexico participated at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Originally scheduled to take place from 25 August to 6 September 2020, the Paralympics were postponed by a year in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rescheduled Games still referred to as Tokyo 2020 for marketing and branding purposes.[1] It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.

Mexico at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeMEX
NPCFederacion Mexicana de Deporte
in Tokyo, Japan
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) – 5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors60 (31 men and 29 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Amalia Pérez / Diego López Díaz
Flag bearer (closing)Juan Diego García López
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
7
Silver
2
Bronze
13
Total
22
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Jesús Hernández Hernández Swimming Men's 150 metre individual medley SM3 28 August
  Gold Amalia Pérez Powerlifting Women's 61 kg 28 August
  Gold Mónica Olivia Rodríguez Saavedra
Guide: Kevin Aguilar
Athletics Women's 1500 metres T11 30 August
  Gold Arnulfo Castorena Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 31 August
  Gold José Rodolfo Chessani García Athletics Men's 400 metres T38 31 August
  Gold Diego López Díaz Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S3 2 September
  Gold Juan Diego García López Taekwondo Men's 75 kg 3 September
  Silver Gloria Zarza Guadarrama Athletics Women's shot put F54 30 August
  Silver Diego López Díaz Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle S3 3 September
  Bronze Fabiola Ramírez Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S2 25 August
  Bronze Rosa María Guerrero Athletics Women's discus throw F55 27 August
  Bronze Eduardo Ávila Judo Men's 81 kg 28 August
  Bronze Lenia Ruvalcaba Judo Women's −70 kg 29 August
  Bronze Diego López Díaz Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S3 29 August
  Bronze Jesús Hernández Hernández Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 31 August
  Bronze Nely Miranda Swimming Women's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 31 August
  Bronze Juan Pablo Cervantes García Athletics Men's 100 metres T54 1 September
  Bronze Rebeca Valenzuela Athletics Women's shot put F12 3 September
  Bronze Leonardo de Jesús Pérez Juárez Athletics Men's 100 metres T52 3 September
  Bronze Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S4 3 September
  Bronze Jesús Hernández Hernández Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle S3 3 September
  Bronze Rosa Carolina Castro Castro Athletics Women's discus throw F38 4 September

Medals by date

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Medals by date
Day Date       Total
1 25 Aug 0 0 1 1
2 26 Aug 0 0 0 0
3 27 Aug 0 0 1 1
4 28 Aug 2 0 1 3
5 29 Aug 0 0 2 2
6 30 Aug 1 1 0 2
7 31 Aug 2 0 2 4
8 1 Sept 0 0 1 1
9 2 Sept 1 0 0 1
10 3 Sept 1 1 4 6
11 4 Sept 0 0 1 1
12 5 Sept 0 0 0 0
Total 7 2 13 22

Medals by sport

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Medals by sport
Sport       Total
1 Swimming 3 1 6 10
2 Athletics 2 1 5 8
3 Powerlifting 1 0 0 1
4 Taekwondo 1 0 0 1
5 Judo 0 0 2 2
Total 7 2 13 22

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 0 2
Athletics 12 12 24
Boccia 1 0 1
Equestrian 1 0 1
Judo 1 1 2
Powerlifting 1 3 4
Rowing 1 0 1
Swimming 9 9 18
Table tennis 1 2 3
Taekwondo 2 1 3
Triathlon 0 1 1
Total 31 29 60

Archery

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Two athletes represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Omar Echeverría Men's individual compound open 659 33   Quesada (CRC)

L 131–139

Did Not Advance =33
Samuel Molina Men's individual recurve open 609 13   Fabcic (SLO)

L 0-6

Did Not Advance =13

Athletics

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24 athletes represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

DQ: Disqualified | SB: Season Best | Q: Qualified by place or standard based on overall position after heats | DNM: Did not mark | DNA: Did not advance | N/A: Not available, stage was not contested | PB: Personal Best | WR: World Record | PR: Paralympic Record | AR: Area Record

Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Juan Pablo Cervantes Men's 100m T54 13.85 AR, PB 2 Q 13.87  
Men's 400m T54 48.31 13 DNA 13
Rodolfo Chessani Men's 100m T38 11.62 PB 7 Q 11.77 8
Men's 400m T38 50.84 1 Q 49.99 AR, PB  
Jorge González Men's 400m T13 50.53 SB 10 DNA 10
Edgar Navarro Men's 100m T51 N/A 22.92 5
Men's 200m T51 N/A 41.04 SB 5
Men's 400m T52 DQ 11 DNA 11
Leonardo Pérez Men's 100m T52 N/A 17.44 PB  
Men's 400m T52 1:02.92 6 Q 1:01.66 5
Men's 1500m T52 N/A 3:54.82 5
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Edgar Barajas Men's javelin throw F57 40.25 8
Men's shot put F57 11.33 11
Bryan Enríquez Men's shot put F37 13.94 PB 5
Edgar Ulises Fuentes Men's javelin throw F54 28.87 SB 6
Eliezer Gabriel Men's javelin throw F46 60.28 SB 5
Jorge González Men's long jump T13 6.48 SB 5
Mario Ramos Men's club throw F51 30.25 SB 4
José Román Ruiz Men's shot put F36 14.42 4
Erick Ortiz Monroy Men's shot put F53 DNM 9
Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Semi-Final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Diana Laura Coraza

Guide: Jorge Gaspar

Women's 400m T11 1:01.01 SB 6 Q 1:01.34 7 DNA 7
Women's 1500m T11 5:38.83 8 N/A DNA 8
Mónica Rodríguez

Guide: Kevin Aguilar

4:47.27 1 Q N/A 4:37.40 WR  
Daniela Velasco

Guide: César Belman

Women's 400m T12 1:00.39 SB 5 N/A DNA 5
Women's 1500m T13 4:47.16 4 Q N/A 4:40.25 SB 7
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Rosa Carolina Castro Women's discus throw F38 33.73 PR  
Floralia Estrada Bernal Women's shot put F57 8.60 PB 8
Women's discus throw F57 30.34 SB 4
Leticia Ochoa Delgado Women's discus throw F53 11.58 7
María Estela Salas 11.00 SB 8
Rosa María Guerrero Women's discus throw F55 24.11  
Belén Sánchez 21.32 SB 7
María de los Ángeles Ortiz Women's shot put F57 10.40 SB 4
Rebeca Valenzuela Women's shot put F12 13.72 AR, PB  
Women's javelin throw F13 30.02 7
Gloria Zarza Women's shot put F54 8.06 PB  

Boccia

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Mexico competed in Individual BC1 events.

Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Eduardo Sánchez Rueda Mixed individual BC1   Zhang (CHN)

L 5-3

  Smith (GBR)

W 7-5

  Nakamura (JPN)

W 9-1

  Ibarbure (ARG)

L 5-4

3 Did Not Advance 9

Equestrian

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Mexico sent one athlete after qualification.[3]

DNA: Did not advance

Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Ignacio Treviño Fuerte Solemne Mor Individual championship test grade III 62.824 17
Individual freestyle test grade III DNA

Judo

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Mexico sent two athletes in Judo. They were Paralympic champions at the time of the event.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage

First round

Repechage

Final

Final / BM
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Lenia Ruvalcaba Women's −70 kg BYE   Kaldani (GEO)

L 10IPP-0

N/A BYE   Paschalidou (GRE)

W 10IPP-0

  Ulucam (TUR)

W 10IPP-0

 
Eduardo Ávila Sánchez Men's −81 kg BYE   Solovey (UKR)

W 10s1–0

  Karomatov (UZB)

L 0s2–1s1

BYE   Petit (FRA)

W 10s1–1s1

 

Powerlifting

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Mexico sent four athletes in Powerlifting.

DNM: Did not mark

Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Perla Bárcenas Women's + 86 kg 135 4
José de Jesús Castillo Men's −107 kg 220 5
Mayra Hernández Women's – 50 kg DNM 9
Amalia Pérez Women's – 61 kg 131  

Rowing

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Mexico qualified one boat in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the silver medal at the 2021 FISA Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michel Muñoz Malagón Men's single sculls 11:39.88 6 R 10:16.31 4 FB 11:25.84 9

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Swimming

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Three Mexican swimmers qualified to compete in swimming via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method & 15 Mexican swimmers qualified by MQS.[4][5]

DQ: Disqualified | Q: Qualified by time based on overall position after heats | DNS: Did not start | DNA: Did not advance | N/A: Not available, event went straight to final

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Luis Armando Andrade Men's 100m freestyle S8 1:01.21 8 Q 1:01.23 8
Men's 100m butterfly S8 1:04.94 6 Q 1:04.55 7
Men's 200m individual medley SM8 2:31.60 10 DNA 10
Ángel de Jesús Camacho Men's 50m freestyle S4 39.74 4 Q 39.37 4
Men's 100m freestyle S4 1:28.02 3 Q 1:27.71 4
Men's 200m freestyle S4 3:05.26 3 Q 3:01.50 5
Men's 50m backstroke S4 43.99 3 Q 43.25  
Men's 150m individual medley SM4 2:51.49 9 DNA 9
Arnulfo Castorena Men's 50m breaststroke SB2 59.04 1 Q 59.25  
Men's 150m individual medley SM3 3:22.05 6 Q 3:17.44 5
Juan José Gutierrez Men's 100m freestyle S6 1:10.99 12 DNA 12
Men's 400m freestyle S6 5:14.10 4 Q 5:15.23 5
Men's 100m breaststroke SB6 1:28.00 12 DNA 12
Men's 200m individual medley SM6 2:48.70 4 Q 2:48.79 7
Raúl Gutiérrez Men's 100m freestyle S6 1:13.41 15 DNA 15
Men's 400m freestyle S6 5:26.10 6 Q 5:28.62 7
Men's 200m individual medley SM6 2:56.50 11 DNA 11
Jesús Hernández Men's 50m freestyle S3 47.43 4 Q 46.19 4
Men's 200m freestyle S3 3:31.06 3 Q 3:23.93  
Men's 50m backstroke S3 49.19 5 Q 45.75 4
Men's 50m breaststroke SB2 1:02.04 3 Q 1:02.27  
Men's 150m individual medley SM3 3:13.08 3 Q 2:56.99  
Diego López Díaz Men's 50m freestyle S3 47.34 3 Q 44.66  
Men's 200m freestyle S3 3:32.97 4 Q 3:23.57  
Men's 50m backstroke S3 45.67 1 Q 45.66  
Men's 150m individual medley SM3 3:18.54 5 Q 3:15.84 4
Gustavo Sánchez Men's 50m freestyle S4 42.89 13 DNA 13
Men's 100m freestyle S4 1:30.80 6 Q 1:35.55 8
Men's 200m freestyle S4 3:07.79 6 Q 3:09.78 6
Men's 50m backstroke S4 50.69 13 DNA 13
Men's 50m breaststroke SB3 56.05 9 DNA 9
Men's 150m individual medley SM4 2:52.35 11 DNA 11
Cristopher Tronco Men's 200m freestyle S2 5:01.68 8 Q 5:08.34 8
Men's 50m backstroke S2 1:05.57 9 DNA 9
Men's 100m backstroke S2 2:26.15 9 DNA 9
Men's 50m breaststroke SB2 1:05.18 4 Q 1:04.46 4
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Haidee Aceves Women's 50m backstroke S3 1:08.48 8 Q 1:07.66 7
Women's 100m freestyle S3 2:23.34 8 Q 2:22.60 8
Matilde Alcazar Women's 100m backstroke S11 1:25.03 10 DNA 10
Women's 400m freestyle S11 5:26.58 4 Q 5:24.63 5
Women's 200m individual medley SM11 3:03.28 9 DNA 9
Stefanny Cristino Women's 50m freestyle S10 30.08 14 DNA 14
Women's 100m freestyle S10 1:04.51 12 DNA 12
Women's 400m freestyle S10 N/A 4:49.79 6
Amayrani Hernández Women's 50m backstroke S5 50.30 10 DNA 10
Luz Kerena López Women's 100m butterfly S8 N/A 1:24.05 5
Nely Miranda Women's 50m freestyle S4 43.02 4 Q 42.31 5
Women's 50m backstroke S4 58.56 9 DNA 9
Women's 50m breaststroke SB3 1:02.61 2 Q 1:01.60  
Women's 150m individual medley SM4 3:11.92 9 Q 3:08.71 6
Fabiola Ramírez Women's 100m freestyle S3 2:32.47 10 DNA 10
Women's 50m backstroke S2 1:12.59 3 Q 1:12.66 4
Women's 100m backstroke S2 2:52.80 6 Q 2:36.54  
Naomi Somellera Women's 50m butterfly S7 DNS DNA 11
Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 1:41.77 5 Q 1:39.41 5
Women's 400m freestyle S7 N/A 5:54.31 8
Women's 200m individual medley SM7 3:23.80 7 Q DQ 8
Patricia Valle Women's 50m backstroke S3 1:13.89 11 DNA 11
Women's 100m freestyle S3 2:11.21 6 Q 2:08.10 6
Women's 50m breaststroke SB3 1:05.03 6 Q 1:04.34 7

Table tennis

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Mexico entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. All of the qualified from the 2019 Parapan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Victor Reyes Singles class 2   Park (KOR)

L 0–3

  Perlic (SRB)

L 2–3

3 Did Not Advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Claudia Pérez Singles class 4   van Zon (NED)

L 0–3

  Barneoud (FRA)

L 0–3

N/A 3 Did Not Advance
Edith Sigala Singles class 3   Muzinic (CRO)

L 0–3

  Blanco (ARG)

W 3–1

  Bruneli (ITA)

L 0–3

3 Did Not Advance

Taekwondo

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Mexico qualified three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Francisco Pedroza and Daniela Andrea Martínez Mariscal qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2020 Americas Qualification Tournament in San Jose, Costa Rica.[7] Meanwhile, the other athlete, Juan Diego García López qualified by finishing second in world ranking men's –75 kg category K44.

DNA: Did not advance | PTF: Win by final score | RSC: Referee stops combat

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage

Quarterfinal

Repechage

Semifinal

Final / BM
Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Opposition

Result

Rank
Diego García Men's –75 kg BYE   Abuzarli (AZE)

W 38-5, PTF

  Isaldibirov (RPC)

W 14-12, PTF

N/A   Pourrahnamaahmadgourabi (IRI)

W 26-20, PTF

 
Francisco Pedroza Men's +75 kg   Abidar (LBA)

L 25-28, PTF

N/A   Yakut (TUR)

W 23-2, PTF

  Omirali (KAZ)

W 18-15, PTF

  Ataev (RPC)

L 4–18, PTF

5
Daniela Martínez Women's +58 kg   Schiel (FRA)

W 36-2, RSC

  Bezerra de Menezes (BRA)

L 12-24, PTF

N/A   Shahab (IRI)

L 10-17, PTF

DNA 9

Triathlon

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Mexico qualified a female athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition.

Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total Time Rank
Brenda Osnaya Women's PTWC 14:34 1:46 42:45 1:15 16:12 1:16:32 5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "NPC Entries - Team Mexico | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-22.
  3. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Pan Am Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics goes ahead in Costa Rica". World Taekwondo. 10 March 2020.