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Full name | Yadira Del Carmen Soturno Diaz | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | La Chica Invisible | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 18 June 1970||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Polio survivor | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yadira Del Carmen Soturno Diaz (born 18 June 1970) is a Venezuelan paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events in international level events. She was Venezuela's first female athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games when she competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. [1] [2] [3]
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