2008 Summer Paralympics / Participant (Mexico)

MEX

10	3	7th

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

• Porfirio Arredondo
• Jesus Castillo

Cycling

Men

• Edgar Navarro

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.

Women
Pink Camara Arango Wendy Garcia Amador Rubicela Guzman Acosta Claudia Magali Miranda Anaisa Perez Pacheco Patricia Rodriguez Velazquez Rocio Torres Lopez Alma Torres Rodriguez Lucia Vazquez Delgadillo Cecilia Vazquez Suarez Rosa Herlinda Vera

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

• Teresa Arenales
• Maria Peredes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )