2008 Summer Paralympics / Participant (Venezuela)

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Venezuela took 35 athletes to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in China's Beijing in part.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the judoka Reinaldo Carvallo.

Naomi Soazo won the only gold medal in the judo class up to 63 kilograms.

Participants by sport

Judo

Women

• Naomi Soazo , 1 × (class up to 63 kg)

Men

• Reinaldo Carvallo , 1 × (class up to 81 kg)
• Marcos Falcon

athletics

Women

• Tatiana del Carmen de Tovar Tatiana
• Yadira Soturno
• Irene Suarez
• Alberlis Torres

Men

• Jesus Aguilar
• Russel Blanco
• Jose Camacho
• Marcos Castillo
• Samuel Colmenares , 1 × (400 meters, class T46)
• Eddy Contreras
• Oswaldo Cuba
• Oduver Daza *
• Manuel de la Rosa
• Fernando Ferrer *
• Rubeng Gomez
• Carlos Marquez
• Willy Martinez
• Javier Rivero
• Luis Sanchez
• Ricardo Santana *
• Jean Seville
• Yoldani Silva *
• Richard Torrealba
• Juan Valladares

| * Relay competitions

Men 4 × 100 meters class T11-13 (silver )
Oduver Daza Fernando Ferrer Ricardo Santana Yoldani Silva

Powerlifting (bench press)

Women

• Nairobys Hernandez

Men

• Jose Chirinos

Cycling

Men

• Victor Garrido
• Cirio Molina

swim

Women

• Belky's Mota
• Valentina Rangel

Men

• Pedro Gonzalez

Table tennis

Men

• Roberto Quijada

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 )