Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Mexico at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Mexico at the; 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	MEX
NPC	Federacion Mexicana de Deporte
in London
Competitors	81 in 21 sports
Medals ; Ranked 23rd	Gold6Silver4Bronze11Total21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Mexico competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.^[1]

Medallists

The following Mexican competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Amalia Pérez	Powerlifting	Women's 60 kg	2 September
Gold	Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle S4	5 September
Gold	Juan Ignacio Reyes	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke S4	6 September
Gold	María de los Ángeles Ortíz	Athletics	Women's shot put F57/58	8 September
Gold	Luis Alberto Zepeda Félix	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F54/55/56	8 September
Gold	Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle S4	8 September
Silver	Arnulfo Castorena	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2	30 August
Silver	Salvador Mondragón	Athletics	Men's 100 m T52	2 September
Silver	Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	Swimming	Men's 150m individual medley	2 September
Silver	Mauro De Jesús	Athletics	Men's shot put F52/53	1 September
Bronze	Patricia Valle	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle S3	3 September
Bronze	Eduardo Ávila	Judo	Men's 73 kg	30 August
Bronze	Mauro Máximo de Jesús	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52/53	4 September
Bronze	Daniela Eugenia Velasco Maldonado	Athletics	Women's 400 m T12	4 September
Bronze	Perla Bárcenas	Powerlifting	Women's +82.5 kg	5 September
Bronze	Pedro Rangel	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB5	5 September
Bronze	Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke S4	6 September
Bronze	Jorge Benjamin González Sauceda	Athletics	Men's 400 m T12	6 September
Bronze	Patricia Valle	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle S3	7 September
Bronze	Leonardo De Jesús Pérez Juárez	Athletics	Men's 800 m T52	7 September
Bronze	Salvador Hernández Mondragón	Athletics	Men's 800 m T52	8 September

Archery

Mexico qualified one athlete in Archery.

Men


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Jose Baez	Individual recurve W1/W2	555	21	Szarszewski (GER) (12) L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
WR = World record
PR = Paralympic record
RR = Regional record
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men–track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juan Carlos Arcos	1500 m T13	4:04.34	9	—		Did not advance
Juan Carlos Arcos	800 m T13	1:55,82	4 q	—		1:58.11	7
Josue Benitez	400 m T44	59.79	6	—		Did not advance
Benjamin Cardozo	100 m T37	12.63	15	—		Did not advance
Juan Pablo Cervantes	100 m T54	15.10	5	—		Did not advance
Juan Pablo Cervantes	400 m T54	52.83	7	—		Did not advance
Pedro Gandarilla	100 m T54	14.93	5	—		Did not advance
Pedro Gandarilla	200 m T54	1:40.84	5	—		Did not advance
Jorge Gonzalez	100 m T12	11.60	2	—		Did not advance
	200 m T12	22:96	2	—		Did not advance
	1500 m T13	50.83	1 Q	50.43	2 q	50.41
Aaron Gordian	5000 m T54	11:32.27	3 Q	—		11:09.54	7
Aaron Gordian	Marathon T54	—				1:35:32	15
Salvador Hernandez	100 m T52	17.34	2 Q	—		17.64
	200 m T52	32.69	3 Q	—		31.81
	400 m T52	DQ		—		Did not advance
Pedro Marquez Jr.	100 m T35	15.14	6	—		Did not advance
Pedro Marquez Jr.	200 m T35	31.51	5	—		Did not advance
Saúl Mendoza	Marathon T54	—				1:44:16	23
Pedro Meza	Marathon T46	—				2:41:59	6
Edgar Navarro	100 m T51	—				23.35	4
Leonardo de Jesus Perez	200 m T52	32.78	3 Q	—		33.16	5
	400 m T52	DQ		—		Did not advance
	800 m T52	—				2:01.18
Jaime Ramirez	200 m T53	28.74	8	—		Did not advance
	400 m T53	DQ		—		Did not advance
	800 m T53	1:50.37	7	—		Did not advance
Fernando Sanchez	400 m T54	DQ		—		Did not advance
	800 m T54	1:38.82	5	—		Did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:17.16	7	—		Did not advance
Mario Santillan	Marathon T46	—				2:48:55	9
Martin Velasco	800 m T54	1:43.88	8	—		Did not advance
Martin Velasco	5000 m T54	10:58.97	7	—		Did not advance
Luis Zapien	800 m T11	4:24.52	5	—		Did not advance
Luis Zapien	Marathon T11	—				16:27.46	8
Norberto Zertuche	100 m T36	13.72	6	—		Did not advance
Fernando Sanchez Pedro Gandarilla Juan Pablo Cervantes Jaime Ramirez	4 × 400 metres relay T53/T54	3:23.04	8	—		Did not advance

Men–field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Benjamin Cardozo	Long jump F37/F38	5.71 m	7
Fernando Del Rosario	Javelin throw F57/F58	42.97 m	9
Fernando Del Rosario	Discus throw F57/F58	49.38 m	8
Mauro Maximo De Jesus	Shot put F52/F53	8.68 m
Mauro Maximo De Jesus	Javelin throw F52/F53	20.14 m
Luis Zepeda	Javelin throw F54/F55/F56	28.07 m RR
Norberto Zertuche	Discus throw F35/F36	29.95 m	11

Women–track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yazmith Bataz	100 m T54	18.40	4 q	—		17.93	7
	400 m T54	1:04.81	7	—		Did not advance
	200 m T54	2:06.97	5	—		Did not advance
Casandra Cruz	200 m T11	27.11	2 q	26.96	3	Did not advance
Casandra Cruz	400 m T12	1:05.10	3	—		Did not advance
Grabriela Gonzalez	100 m T11	14.53	4	—		Did not advance
Tania Jimenez	100 m T11	13.38	2	—		Did not advance
Fatima Perez	100 m T35	—				17.51	7
Fatima Perez	200 m T35	—				37.60	8
Ana Isabel Talavera	100 m T12	—				DQ
Daniela Velasco Jose Fuentes (guide)	200 m T12	26.97	4	—		Did not advance
Daniela Velasco Jose Fuentes (guide)	400 m T12	58.33	2 q	58.86	2 q	58.51

Women–field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Gabriela Gonzalez	Long jump F11/F12	4.38 m	4
Yeni Hernandez	Javelin throw F57/F58	17.96 m 719 pts	12
Tania Jimenez	Shot put F11/F12	9.24 m 981 pts	4
Leslie Mendoza	Shot put F20	9.32 m	10
Angeles Ortiz	Shot put F57/F58	11.43 m WR 1015 pts
Rita Osorio	Shot put F11/F12	7.80 m 921 pts	10
Rita Osorio	Discus throw F11/F12	19.60 m 404 pts	11
Esther Rivera	Javelin throw F33/F34/F53/F54	11.07	9
Catalina Rosales	Shot put F57/F58	9.32 m 857 pts	8
Catalina Rosales	Discus throw F57/F58	27.52 m 621 pts	12
Estela Salas	Javelin throw F33/F34/F53/F54	11.40	7
Estela Salas	Discus throw F51-F53	12.33 m 591 pts	6
Rebeca Valezuela	Shot put F11/F12	9.95 m 772 pts	14
Rebeca Valezuela	Javelin throw F11/F12	34.17 m RR	4
Jeny Velazco	Javelin throw F57/F58	22.37 728 pts	11

Boccia

Individual

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eduardo Ventura	Mixed individual BC1	Nagy (SVK) W 6–1	Leung (HKG) L 2–6	Did not advance

Equestrian

The only equestrian events held in the Paralympic Games are in the Dressage discipline. Mexico sent a team of three riders to the Games.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Erika Baitenmann	Casablanca	Individual championship test grade II	68.095	12
Erika Baitenmann	Casablanca	Individual freestyle test grade II	65.900	12
Fernando Figueroa	Uwannabemine	Individual championship test grade II	58.810	21
Fernando Figueroa	Uwannabemine	Individual freestyle test grade II	60.100	19
Maria Fernanda Otheguy	Welton Adonis	Individual championship test grade II	61.667	20
Maria Fernanda Otheguy	Welton Adonis	Individual freestyle test grade II	63.500	15

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
Erika Baitenmann	See above	Team	66.000	68.095	134.059	369.858	15
Fernando Figueroa			54.905	58.810	113.715
Maria Fernanda Otheguy			60.318	61.667	121.985

Judo

Three Mexican judokas qualified for the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eduardo Ávila	Men's 73 kg	Bye	Takahashi (JPN) W 0001–0021	Solovey (UKR) L 1023–0102	Bye		Briceno (VEN) W 0013–0101
Alejandro Gonzalez	Men's 90 kg	Kretsul (RUS) L 000–100	Did not advance		Asakereh (IRI) L 000–100	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lenia Ruvalcaba	Women's 70 kg	Bye	Herrera Gomez (ESP) L 0002–004	Did not advance	Bye	Garcia (USA) W 112–0002	Szabo (HUN) L 000–020	5

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Porfirio Francisco Arredondo Luna	Men's 82.5 kg	195 kg	5
Perla Barcenas	Women's 82.5 kg	135 kg
Jose de Jesus Castillo	Men's 90 kg	NM
Laura Cerero	Women's 44 kg	NM
Catalina Diaz	Men's 82.5 kg	128 kg	4
Amalia Perez	Women's 60 kg	135 kg

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luis Armando Andrade Guillen	100 m freestyle S8	1:04.39	6	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:36.73	5	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:22.35	7	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S8	1:08.06	5	Did not advance
Arnulfo Castorena	50 m freestyle S4	1:03.27	8	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB2	59.01	1 Q	58.23
	150 m individual medley SM3	DNS		Did not advance
Enrique Perez Davila	50 m freestyle S7	32.41	6	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S7	1:09.65	6	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly S7	39.21	6	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S7	1:25.87	8	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:25.31	8	Did not advance
Pedro Rangel	100 m breaststroke SB5	1:37.97	2 Q	1:36.85
Juan Ignacio Reyes	50 m backstroke S4	47.40	2 Q	45.75
Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	50 m freestyle S4	39.48	1 Q	39.97	5
	100 m freestyle S4	1:24.79	1 Q	1:24.28
	200 m freestyle S4	3:02.79	1Q	2:58.09
	50 m backstroke S4	46.48	2 Q	47.17
	100 m breaststroke SB8	53.26	4 Q	52.67	5
	150 m individual medley SM4	2:37.48	2 Q	2:39.55
Alejandro Silva	100 m breaststroke SB5	1:50.13	4	Did not advance
Cristopher Tronco	50 m backstroke S3	1:04.32	6	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM3	DNS		Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke SB2	1:00.12	3 Q	1:01.12	4

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haideé Aceves	50 m freestyle S3	—		1:09.99	6
Haideé Aceves	100 m freestyle S3	2:28.16	4 Q	2:28.96	7
Matilde Alcázar	100 m backstroke S12	1:35.43	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S12	1:34.39	6	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM12	3:07.19	7	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S12	5:49.15	6	Did not advance
Jessica Aviles	400 m freestyle S7	6:05.13	6	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S7	39.45	8	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S7	1:23.87	7	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S7	1:37.28	6	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM7	3:51.37	6	Did not advance
Mariana Díaz de la Vega	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:26.72	4	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S14	2:33.09	6	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S14	1:24.26	6	Did not advance
Karina Domingo	100 m freestyle S6	1:32.19	17	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly S6	48.54	8	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:34.52	4	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	6:23.41	5	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:56.58	4 Q	1:56.17	8
	50 m freestyle S6	42.46	7	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:49.65	8	Did not advance
Doramitzi Gonzalez	50 m freestyle S6	DSQ		Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S6	1:24.32	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	6:14.32	4 Q	6:29.51	8
	50 m butterfly S6	44.41	6	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:39.32	6	Did not advance
Vianney Trejo	50 m freestyle S6	39.60	4	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:36.64	4	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:32.78	5 Q	3:28.97	8
	50 m butterfly S6	44.54	6	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	5:47.07	4 Q	5:47.85	6
	100 m freestyle S6	1:23.71	9 Q	Did not advance
Patricia Valle	50 m freestyle S3	—		55.72
	100 m freestyle S3	2:07.22	2 Q	1:59.76
	200 m freestyle S5	4:19.57	5	Did not advance

Table tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edith Sigala	Singles class 3	Campbell (GBR) L 2–3	Altintas (TUR) L 2–3	3	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Women's tournament

Squad list	Group stage		Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
Squad list	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Floralia Estrada Bernal Wendy Garcia Amador Maria Hernandez Medrano Isabel Lopez Chavez Clara Marquez Gonzalez Claudia Miranda Orantes Maria del Carmen Montano Mejia Anaisa Perez Pacheco Yasmina Suarez Ramos Rocio Torres Lopez Lucia Vazquez Delgadillo Rosa Vera Gallardo	China L 46–53	4 Q	Australia L 37–62	5th–8th place semi-final Canada L 53–74	7th/8th place match Great Britain L 37–59	8
	United States L 33–67
	France W 50–42
	Germany L 28–68

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	4	4	0	254	158	+96	8	Quarter-finals
United States	4	3	1	246	176	+70	7
China	4	2	2	240	204	+36	6
Mexico	4	1	3	157	230	−73	5
France	4	0	4	132	261	−129	4	Eliminated

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

30 August 2012
21:15

Report

Mexico	46–53	China
Scoring by quarter:21–11, 9–11, 11–13, 5–18
Pts: Estrada Bernal 18 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 14 Asts: Estrada Bernal 4		Pts: Cheng 19 Rebs: Cheng 13 Asts: Zhang 3

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Ian Pursglove (GBR)

1 September 2012
10:45

Report

United States	67–33	Mexico
Scoring by quarter:22–9, 10–9, 14–6, 21–9
Pts: Murray 22 Rebs: Murray 7 Asts: Murray 6		Pts: Estrada Bernal 10 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 10 Asts: Estrada Bernal 4

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Eisuke Kanno (JPN)

2 September 2012
13:00

Report

Mexico	50–42	France
Scoring by quarter:13–12, 13–8, 11–6, 13–16
Pts: Vázquez Delgadillo 18 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 13 Asts: Pérez Pacheco 8		Pts: Quemener-Pichon 22 Rebs: Saint-Omer-Delépine 8 Asts: Glemp-Etavard 7

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

3 September 2012
10:45

Report

Mexico	28–68	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 5–10, 14–24, 5–19, 4–15
Pts: Estrada Bernal 12 Rebs: Pérez Pacheco 3 Asts: Estrada Bernal 10		Pts: Adermann 18 Rebs: Adermann 10 Asts: Müller 6

Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Shu Fei Hsieh (TPE)

Quarter-final

4 September 2012
13:00

Report

Australia	62–37	Mexico
Scoring by quarter:21–10, 23–10, 6–9, 12–8
Pts: Merritt 14 Rebs: Kean 5 Asts: Gauci 7		Pts: Estrada Bernal 11 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 4 Asts: Estrada Bernal 16

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

5th–8th place semi-final

6 September 2012
8:30

Report

Canada	74–53	Mexico
Scoring by quarter:30–4, 12–20, 18–12, 14–17
Pts: McLachlan 24 Rebs: McLachlan 13 Asts: Ouellet 10		Pts: Estrada Bernal 15 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 12 Asts: Vázquez Delgadillo 6

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

7th/8th place match

7 September 2012
8:30

Report

Mexico	37–59	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter:11–6, 8–12, 7–22, 11–19
Pts: Estrada Bernal, Pérez Pacheco 9 Rebs: Pérez Pacheco 4 Asts: Estrada Bernal 6		Pts: Conroy 22 Rebs: Freeman 9 Asts: Freeman 9

North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

References

↑ "Mexico - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

External links

Medal Count at London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Summer Games Official Website.

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[1] "Mexico - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

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Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Medallists

Archery

Athletics

Boccia

Equestrian

Judo

Powerlifting

Swimming

Table tennis

Wheelchair basketball

Women's tournament

References

External links