Leonardo de Jesús Pérez Juárez
Appearance
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Born | 10 February 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 140 cm (55 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | sprints, middle-distance races | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Tlaxcala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Martín Díaz López (national) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonardo de Jesús Pérez Juárez (born 10 February 1993) is a Paralympic athlete from Mexico who competes in T52 track and field events.[1]
Athletics career
[edit]Pérez, who is classified as a T52 classification wheelchair racer, represented Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London competing in the 200, 400 and 800 metres races. He was disqualified in the first round of the 400m event, but came fifth in the 200 metres and won a bronze medal in the 800 metres. As well as Paralympic success, Pérez has won two medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships, both coming in 2013 in Lyon, with a silver in the 800 m and bronze in the 200 m.[2]
Personal history
[edit]Pérez was born in Mexico in 1993 and attended the International College for Experienced Learning in Mexico City.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Perez Juarez, Leonardo De Jesus". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Perez Juarez, Leonardo De Jesus". IPC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Mexican male middle-distance runners
- Mexican male sprinters
- Mexican male wheelchair racers
- Paralympic athletes for Mexico
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Mexico
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen