Mauricio Valencia

Mauricio Valencia (born 28 December 1987)[1] is a Colombian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy.[2] He represented Colombia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] In total he won two medals, both at the 2016 Summer Paralympics: the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F34 event and the bronze medal in the men's shot put F34 event.[2]

Mauricio Valencia
Personal information
Born (1987-12-28) 28 December 1987
Sport
CountryColombia
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityCerebral palsy
Disability classF34
Event(s)

Career

He represented Colombia at the 2011 Parapan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In total he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's discus throw F32/33/34 event and the silver medal in the men's shot put F32/33/34 event.

At the 2013 World Championships held in Lyon, France, he won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F33/34 event. Two years later, at the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won three medals: the silver medal in both the men's discus throw F34 and men's javelin throw F34 events and the bronze medal in the men's shot put F34 event.[3][4][5] In 2017, he won gold in the men's javelin throw F34 event[6] and bronze in the men's shot put F34 event.

In the men's javelin throw F34 event at the 2019 World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates he won the gold medal with a distance of 35.25m.[7] He also won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F34 event.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2011 Parapan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1st Discus throw
2nd Shot put
2013 World Championships Lyon, France 3rd Javelin throw
2016 Summer Paralympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Javelin throw 36.65 m
3rd Shot put 11.10 m
2015 World Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd Discus throw 35.06 m
2nd Javelin throw 34.38 m
3rd Shot put 10.93 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 1st Javelin throw 35.21 m
3rd Shot put 10.89 m
2019 Parapan American Games Lima, Peru 1st Javelin throw
1st Shot put
World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1st Javelin throw 35.25 m
3rd Shot put 11.35 m

References

  1. "Athlete Profile". Rio 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. "Mauricio Valencia". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. "2015 IPC Athletics World Championships - Results - Men's Discus throw F34 Final". IPC. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. "2015 IPC Athletics World Championships - Results - Men's Javelin throw F34 Final". IPC. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  5. "2015 IPC Athletics World Championships - Results - Men's Shot Put F34 Final". IPC. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  6. Etchells, Daniel (23 July 2017). "China finish top of medals table as World Para Athletics Championships conclude". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. Etchells, Daniel (12 November 2019). "Brazilians create history with clean sweep in men's 100m T47 at World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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