Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez

Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez is a visually impaired Mexican Paralympic athlete.[1] She represented Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F12 event in 2016.[1]

Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez
Sport
CountryMexico
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityGlaucoma
Event(s)
Medal record
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F12
World Championships
2015 Doha Shot put F12
2017 London Shot put F12
2019 Dubai Shot put F12
Parapan American Games
2015 Toronto Javelin throw F11/12
2015 Toronto Shot put F11/12
2019 Lima Javelin throw F11/12/13
2019 Lima Shot put F12

In 2019, she qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the bronze medal in the women's shot put F12 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2][3] She also competed in the women's javelin throw F13 event where she finished in 6th place.[4]

References
  1. "Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview – Women's shot put F12". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Day 2: World Para Athletics Championships 2019 - As it happened". Olympic Channel. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. "Women's javelin throw F13" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.


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