Sherman Guity

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guityand the second or maternal family name is Guity.

Sherman Guity

Guity in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Sherman Isidro Guity Guity
Born	(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28) Limón, Costa Rica [1]
Sport
Country	Costa Rica
Sport	Para-athletics
Events	100 metres 200 metres
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing   Costa Rica Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 200 m T64 2024 Paris 100 m T64 2024 Paris 200 m T64 2020 Tokyo 100 m T64 World Championships 2024 Kobe 100 m T64 2023 Paris 100 m T64 Parapan American Games 2023 Santiago 100 m T64 2023 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.

Personal life

On 25 August 2017, at the age of 20, Guity suffered a life-altering motorcycle accident which led to the amputation 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

Limón's municipality honored Guity on its city hall plaza

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

Competition	Place	Event	Rank	Time	Notes
2020 Summer Paralympics	Japan, Tokyo	100 m T64		10.76	PB
		200 m T64		21.43	PR
2023 World Para Athletics Championships	France, Paris	100 m T64		10.79
		200 m T64	6	35.10
2023 Parapan American Games	Chile, Santiago	100 m T64		10.89
		200 m T64		21.59	GR
2024 World Para Athletics Championships	Japan, Kobe	100 m T64		10.88
2024 Summer Paralympics	France, Paris	100 m T64		10.65	PR
		200 m T64		21.32	PR

References

1. "¡Sherman Guity iluminará los XL Juegos Deportivos Nacionales!". ICODER (in Spanish). Instituto Costarricense del Deporte y la Recreación. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
2. "Sherman Isidro Guity Guity". International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
3. Zúñiga, Alejandro (6 September 2021). "Gold for Güity: Tico sets record in Olympic win". ticotimes.net . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
4. TCRN STAFF (10 June 2019). "Sherman Guity an Athlete That is a Source of Pride for All Costa Ricans". The Costa Rica News. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
5. Mendoza, Adrián (2 September 2024). "(VIDEO) La promesa que hizo Sherman desde un hospital hoy es una realidad | Crhoy.com". CRHoy.com | Periodico Digital | Costa Rica Noticias 24/7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
6. Alvarado, Sergio (3 September 2024). "Sherman Guity cumplió la promesa que le hizo a Costa Rica desde la cama de un hospital". La Teja (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
7. IPC (11 November 2019). "Para athlete Sherman Guity suspended for anti-doping rule violation". International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
8. "GUITY GUITY Sherman Isidro". Paris 2024 Paralympics . Retrieved 5 September 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
9. IPC (2 September 2024). "Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Athletics - Men S 100 M T64". International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
10. Tico Times (2 September 2024). "Costa Rica Celebrates as Sherman Guity Wins Paralympic Gold in 100m". ticotimes.net . Retrieved 5 September 2024.
11. IPC (2 September 2024). "Men's 200m - T64 Final Results". International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 7 September 2024.

External links

• Sherman Guity at Paralympic.org