Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez (born 1 September 1992)[1] is a visually impaired Mexican Paralympic athlete.[2] She represented Mexico at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021 and she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F12 event in 2016.[2] She also won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
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Born | Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico | 1 September 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Glaucoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2019, she qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the bronze medal in the women's shot put F12 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3][4] She also competed in the women's javelin throw F13 event where she finished in 6th place.[5]
References
edit- ^ "¡Sonora en el podio paralímpico!". Grada Norte (in Spanish). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview – Women's shot put F12". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Day 2: World Para Athletics Championships 2019 - As it happened". Olympic Channel. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Women's javelin throw F13" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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