Paralympic 7 of the top athletes competing in Paris (and who originate origins from Latin America)
Like every year, following the Olympic Games the Paralympics arrive. We will show you a few of the top athletes that will be competing in Paris as well as a few Latin Americans.
Beyond the bright lights of 2024’s Paris Olympics Another fantastic sports event will be held in the form of The Paralympic Games.
From this date and through weeks and quarter, more than 4,400 athletes will compete in various disciplines that are specifically designed to meet the needs of athletes in sports.
Like 1988, the majority of scenarios in which Olympic disciplines were played will be used for tests for the Paralympic test.
The games that were first introduced in the year 1960, are designed to provide a platform for games for people who have physical disabilities.
With this edition,, there is 549 races that have the possibility of medals.
Through the years amazing sports feats are witnessed like the 55 medals American athlete Trischa Zorn has displayed or the feat achieved by the Italian fencing champion Beba Vio, who won Gold in her sport despite possessing arms or legs.
Latin America has also presented memorable events. Mexico stands out with over 300 medals, out of which there are 104 gold.
In recent times teams like Colombia’s have shown impressive performances like the one they had during Tokyo 2020, in which they won 24 gold medals.
On BBC Mundo we want to present to you the seven stars who will take part in these Paralympic Games that begin this August 28.
1. Timothy Adolphe (France)
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It’s the biggest dream for France during the upcoming Paralympic games, specifically on the 100-meter T11 test (the tests are separated by the kind of disability experienced by those players).
Adolphe 34, born blind He won a silver medal in Tokyo 2020. He hopes to win a gold medal in Paris 2024 he’ll win his very first gold the top speed test of the competition.
He is famous for his music career. He is a popular rapper at the French local scene and has released his debut album in 2020, one year prior to Tokyo. Tokyo Paralympics.
2. Teresa Perales (Spain)
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It’s an adapted mythological swimming story. In total, the Spanish swimmer has won 27 medals of which seven are gold.
After losing his mobility from waist to hips during the year 1995 because of neuropathy Perales, who had also worked as a politician made the decision to devote himself his life to the sport of swimming.
His debut at Sidney 2000 was masterful: five medals. But it was Athens 2004 that it truly stood out with six medals including two gold.
Because of his accomplishments, He has now become one of the most well-known names in Paralympic sporting events in the home country. He hopes to be in Paris 2024 to continue his work.
“15 Days to keep thinking about. 15 days to work very hard to achieve one goal in mind and to make our best and hopefully be followed by the award of a medal. “Come on ” he wrote in his X account prior to traveling.
3. Carlos Serrano (Colombia)
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The 24-year-old Colombian boy is among the most renowned Paralympic stars of this continent.
born in Bucaramanga which is a city that lies approximately 350 km to the to the north Bogota, He has achieved the status of being one of the top Paralympic swimmers, not just in Colombia but across Latin America.
As a young man, the doctor diagnosed him with hypochondroplasia. It prevented him from fully grow the bones. However, that didn’t stop him from achieving be able to win the seven Paralympic medals.
Three of them in Rio 2016 and the fourth to be held in Tokyo 2020. Two of those medals are of gold.
Due to his accomplishments and achievements, he was in 2022 he was named the top Paralympic swimmer in the world.
4. Noemi Alphonse (Mauricio)
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It’s one of the newest discoveries in the T54 category (paraplegic or disabled persons in the lower limbs who are able to utilize their hands to drive wheelchairs) of the medium and speed test in sports.
Alphonse was the very first African to make it into the finals of an athletics test at the Paralympic Games, when she was able to make it through the finals of 100m, 400m meters, and 1,500 meters at Tokyo 2020.
The goal is to win an award that is the first to be awarded to an African nation in the track and field tests of athletics.
5. Ezra Frech (USA)
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It is among the greatest discoveries in the field of Paralympic sports.
Frech Frech 19 years old and was born with a missing left leg, and also without a few fingers, has set many records which placed him in the top spot to be awarded the T63 high-jump medal.
In the year 2000, he set the record for the worldl when he clocked 1.95 meters during the Paralympic Athletics World Cup.
Frech tambien has been a motivational speaker, particularly in his topic of engaging in sports regardless of the physical challenges faced by him.
6. Lauritta Person (Nigeria)
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Onye is one of the greatest superstars from the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, especially in disc, bullet or javelin throws in the F40 ranking.
Nigerian athlete is among the few athletes who have been awarded medals at all of the events she’s participated.
Also, he broke the record of the world for the throwing of bullets. So far he has taken home the gold medal in his class in Rio 2016 and is hoping to achieve the same feat in Paris 2024.
Onye can also be famous for her role as an actress.
7. Amalia Perez (Mexico)
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she is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican athletes.
In his sport of the weightlifting sport, Perez has managed to get 4 gold medals (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020).
“I feel very excited, satisfied to know that I am already part of the team that goes to Paris 2024 and being my seventh Paralympic joust, today it is a pride for me to continue being part of the ranks of the para powerlifting where we will have the opportunity to be among the eight best in the world “, Conade told the portal of the National Commission for Physical Education and Sport.
Perez will fight in the 61-pound weight class which is where he’s dominated for the past few years.
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