Juan Pablo Cervantes García
Mexican Paralympic athlete
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Full name | Juan Pablo Cervantes García | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-06-23) 23 June 1992 (age 32) Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Juan Pablo Cervantes García (born 23 June 1992)[1] is a Mexican Paralympic athlete.
Career
He represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he won a bronze medal in the 100 meters T54 event.[2] Formerly a wheelchair basketballer, Cervantes García changed to parathletism after his coach suggested him to do it.[2] He first represented the country at the Paralympics in London 2012, where he competed in the 100 m T54, 400 m T54 and 4 × 400 m T53–T54 events, but did not classify in any.[3]
References
- ^ "¡Buenos días, México! Juan Pablo Cervantes, bronce en atletismo y ya son 14 medallas". Olympics.com (in Spanish). 2 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Conoce a Juan Pablo Cervantes, medallista de bronce en los Juegos Paralímpicos". Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Juan Pablo Cervantes regala a México octavo Bronce en Tokio 2020". Diario AS (in Spanish). Mexico City. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
External links
- Juan Pablo Cervantes García at the International Paralympic Committee
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