Yeltsin Jacques

Yeltsin Jacques

Jacques at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Personal information
Full name	Yeltsin Francisco Ortega Jacques
Born	(1991-09-21) 21 September 1991 (age 34)
Education	Anhanguera Educacional [1]
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	T11, T12
Event(s)	800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m
Medal record Representing   Brazil Summer Paralympics 2020 Tokyo 1500 m T11 2020 Tokyo 5000 m T11 2024 Paris 1500 m T11 2024 Paris 5000 m T11 World Championships 2013 Lyon 800 m T12 2023 Paris 1500 m T11 2024 Kobe 5000 m T11 2025 New Delhi 1500 m T11 2013 Lyon 1500 m T12 2025 New Delhi 5000 m T11 2023 Paris 5000 m T11 Parapan American Games 2015 Toronto 1500 m T12 2015 Toronto 5000 m T12 2023 Santiago 5000 m T11

Yeltsin Francisco Ortega Jacques ^[a] (born 21 September 1991) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic runner named after the former Russian president Boris Yeltsin.

Career

He won the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 2015 Parapan American Games, placing 5th–11th at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He also medaled in the 800 m and 1500 m events at the 2013 World Championships. ^{[1] [2]}

Notes

1. This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Ortegaand the second or paternal family name is Jacques.

References

1. "Yeltsin Ortega Jacques". Toronto2015.org. 2015 Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015.
2. "Yeltsin Jacques". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016.^{[ dead link ]}

External links

Media related to Yeltsin Jacques at Wikimedia Commons

• Yeltsin Francisco Ortega at World Athletics
• Yeltsin Francisco Ortega Jacques at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
• Yeltsin Jacques at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)
• Yeltsin Jacques at the International Paralympic Committee
• Yeltsin Jacques at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Yeltsin Jacques on Instagram