2008 Summer Paralympics / Participant (Mexico)
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Mexico took 73 athletes to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Saul Mendoza .
The most successful athlete on the team was the swimmer Nely Miranda with two gold medals. In the medal ranking of nations, Mexico came 14th with 10 gold medals. With a total of 20 medals, they came in 20th place
Participants by sport
Judo
Women
- Lenia Ruvalcaba , 1 × (class up to 70 kg)
Men
- Eduardo Avila , 1 × (class up to 73 kg)
athletics
Women
- Yazmith Bataz
- Perla Bustamente , 1 × (100 meters, class T42)
- Evelyn Enciso
- Floralia Estrada
- Dora Garcia
- Ariadne Hernandez
- Leticia Ochoa
- Angeles Ortiz , 1 × (shot put, class F57 / 58)
- Esther Rivera
- Catalina Rosales
- Estela Salas
- Gloria Sanchez
- Azucena Saucedo
- Jeny Velazco , 1 × (javelin throwing, class F57 / 58)
Men
- Margarito Alonso
- Constantino Angeles
- Moises Beristain
- Benjamin Cardozo
- Fernando Del Rosario
- Aaron Gordian
- Salvador Hernandez
- Luis Herrera
- Andres Juarez
- Nicolas Ledesma
- Rodrigo Loa
- Mauro Maximo , 1 × (shot put, class F53 / 54)
- Saúl Mendoza
- Pedro Meza
- Adrian Paz
- Vicente Perez
- Jaime Ramírez Valencia
- Enrique Sanchez
- Fernando Sánchez
- Freddy Sandoval
- Mario Santillan , 1 × (marathon, class T46), 1 × (5000 meters, class T46)
- Gonzalo Valdovinos
- Rodrigo Villegas
- Luis Zapien
- Alfonso Zaragoza
- Felix Zepeda , 1 × (javelin throwing, class F53 / 54)
Powerlifting (bench press)
Women
- Perla Patricia Barcenas , 1 × (class up to 82.5 kg)
- Laura Cerero , 1 × (class up to 40 kg)
- Catalina Diaz
- Amalia Perez , 1 × (class up to 52 kg)
Men
Cycling
Men
Sitting volleyball
The women's team won a gold medal in the sitting volleyball competitions. The men's team, however, did not win a medal.
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swim
Women
- Doramitzi Gonzalez , 1 × (50 meters freestyle, class S6), 1 × (100 meters freestyle, class S6)
- Virginia Hernandez
- Nely Miranda , 2 × (50 meters + 100 meters freestyle, class S4)
- Nadia Porras
- Fabiola Ramirez
- Patricia Valle , 1 × (50 meters freestyle, class S3), 1 × (150 meters medley, class SM4)
Men
- Jose Castorena
- Vidal Dominguez
- Pedro Rangel , 1 × (100 meters chest, class SB5)
- Juan Reyes , 1 × (50 meters back, class S4)
- Christopher Tronco
Table tennis
Women
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
- ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )