Sherman Guity

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Sherman Guity
Sherman Guity 2019.jpg
Guity in 2019
Personal information
Full nameSherman Isidro Guity Guity
Born (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27)
Limón, Costa Rica [1]
Sport
CountryCosta Rica
Sport Para-athletics
Events
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 200 m T64
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 100 m T64
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Paris 200 m T64
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Tokyo 100 m T64
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Kobe 100 m T64
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Paris 100 m T64
Parapan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago 100 m T64
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Santiago 200 m T64

Sherman Isidro Guity Guity (born 3 December 1996) [2] is a Costa Rican Paralympic athlete. He competes in the disability category of T64, specializing in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprints. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan, [3] becoming the first competitor representing Costa Rica at the Paralympics to win a medal. He has gone on to win multiple sprint titles and is the current paralympic record holder for both the 100m and 200m T64 events.

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Personal life

On 25 August 2017, at the age of 20, Guity suffered a life-altering motorcycle accident which led to the aputation of his left leg below the knee. [4] Costa Rican media later noted that, while recovering at the hospital, Guity promised that he would become "the best Paralympic athlete." [5] [6]

On 11 November 2019, Guity was suspended by the IPC for 2 years for a non-intentional anti-doping violation after the substance Clostebol was found in an out of competition test used to treat a scar from a wound. [7]

His sporting hero is Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. [8]

Athletics Career

On 30 August 2021 during the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Guity came second in the men's 100 metres T64 sprint, winning silver and Costa Rica's first ever paralympic medal. [9] He then went on to win Costa Rica's first ever paralympic gold medal in the men's 200 metres T64 sprint. [3]

During the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics, Guity established himself as a world-class athlete by winning the men's 100 metres T64, achieving his second paralympic gold medal and first in the 100m sprint. [10] He went on to win gold in the men's 200 metres T64 defending his Paralympic title and accomplishing the sprint double. [11]

Achievements

CompetitionPlaceEventRankTimeNotes
2020 Summer Paralympics Flag of Japan.svg  Japan, Tokyo 100 m T64 Silver medal icon.svg10.76 PB
200 m T64 Gold medal icon.svg21.43 PR
2023 World Para Athletics Championships Flag of France.svg  France, Paris 100 m T64 Gold medal icon.svg10.79
200 m T64 635.10
2023 Parapan American Games Flag of Chile.svg  Chile, Santiago 100 m T64 Gold medal icon.svg10.89
200 m T64 Gold medal icon.svg21.59 GR
2024 World Para Athletics Championships Flag of Japan.svg  Japan, Kobe 100 m T64 Gold medal icon.svg10.88
2024 Summer Paralympics Flag of France.svg  France, Paris 100 m T64 Gold medal icon.svg10.65 PR
200 m T64 Gold medal icon.svg21.32 PR


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