Gustavo Sánchez Martínez
Appearance
(Redirected from Gustavo Ramon Sanchez Martinez)
Gustavo Sánchez Martínez[a] (born 3 May 1994)[1] is a Mexican competitive swimmer, born without left hand and both legs, who won four medals for Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He competed in five events, 50m freestyle (5th place), 100m freestyle (1st place), 200m freestyle (1st place), 150m medley (2nd place), 50m backstroke (3rd place). Gustavo became well known at World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2010, where he won three bronze medals. His biggest rivals in the pools are David Smetanine from France and Richard Oribe from Spain.[2]
At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, his five swim finals resulted in no medals.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
References
[edit]- ^ "El deportista Gustavo Sánchez explica por qué se siente identificado con Iron Man en Voces de la Diversidad". Disney (in Spanish). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- ^ "Se va Gustavo Sánchez sin medallas" (in Spanish). Sportspedia México. Sportspedia.com.mx. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Gustavo Sanchez Martinez at the International Paralympic Committee
- Gustavo Sánchez at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Gustavo Sanchez Martinez - Montreal 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships at the International Paralympic Committee
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Mexican male freestyle swimmers
- S4-classified para swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Mexico
- Paralympic gold medalists for Mexico
- Paralympic silver medalists for Mexico
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Mexico
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers from Mexico City
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Mexican male backstroke swimmers
- Mexican male breaststroke swimmers
- Mexican male butterfly swimmers
- Mexican male medley swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen
- North American Paralympic medalist stubs
- Mexican sportspeople stubs
- Mexican swimming biography stubs