Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	MEX
Npcname:	Federacion Mexicana de Deporte
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2012
Location:	London
Competitors:	81
Sports:	21
Gold:	6
Silver:	4
Bronze:	11
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1972

Mexico competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.^[1]

Medallists

The following Mexican competitors won medals at the Games.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Mexico qualified one athlete in Archery.

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Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men - track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juan Carlos Arcos	1500 m T13	4:04.34	9	Did not advance
	800 m T13	1:55,82	4 q	1:58.11	7
Josue Benitez	400 m T44	59.79	6	Did not advance
Benjamin Cardozo	100 m T37	12.63	15	Did not advance
Juan Pablo Cervantes	100 m T54	15.10	5	Did not advance
	400 m T54	52.83	7	Did not advance
Pedro Gandarilla	100 m T54	14.93	5	Did not advance
	200 m T54	1:40.84	5	Did not advance
Jorge Gonzalez	100 m T12	11.60	2	Did not advance
	200 m T12	22:96	2	Did not advance
	1500 m T13	50.83	1 Q	50.43	2 q	50.41
Aaron Gordian	5000 m T54	11:32.27	3 Q	11:09.54	7
	Marathon T54	1:35:32	15
Salvador Hernandez	100 m T52	17.34	2 Q	17.64
	200 m T52	32.69	3 Q	31.81
	400 m T52		Did not advance
Pedro Marquez Jr.	100 m T35	15.14	6	Did not advance
	200 m T35	31.51	5	Did not advance
Saúl Mendoza	Marathon T54	1:44:16	23
Pedro Meza	Marathon T46	2:41:59	6
Edgar Navarro	100 m T51	23.35	4
Leonardo de Jesus Perez	200 m T52	32.78	3 Q	33.16	5
	400 m T52		Did not advance
	800 m T52	2:01.18
Jaime Ramirez	200 m T53	28.74	8	Did not advance
	400 m T53		Did not advance
	800 m T53	1:50.37	7	Did not advance
Fernando Sanchez	400 m T54		Did not advance
	800 m T54	1:38.82	5	Did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:17.16	7	Did not advance
Mario Santillan	Marathon T46	2:48:55	9
Martin Velasco	800 m T54	1:43.88	8	Did not advance
	5000 m T54	10:58.97	7	Did not advance
Luis Zapien	800 m T11	4:24.52	5	Did not advance
	Marathon T11	16:27.46	8
Norberto Zertuche	100 m T36	13.72	6	Did not advance
Fernando Sanchez Pedro Gandarilla Juan Pablo Cervantes Jaime Ramirez	4 × 400 metres relay T53/T54	3:23.04	8	Did not advance

Men - field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Benjamin Cardozo	Long jump F37/F38	5.71 m	7
Fernando Del Rosario	Javelin throw F57/F58	42.97 m	9
	Discus throw F57/F58	49.38 m	8
Mauro Maximo De Jesus	Shot put F52/F53	8.68 m
	Javelin throw F52/F53	20.14 m
Luis Zepeda	Javelin throw F54/F55/F56	28.07 m RR
Norberto Zertuche	Discus throw F35/F36	29.95 m	11

Women - track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yazmith Bataz	100 m T54	18.40	4 q	17.93	7
	400 m T54	1:04.81	7	Did not advance
	200 m T54	2:06.97	5	Did not advance
Casandra Cruz	200 m T11	27.11	2 q	26.96	3	Did not advance
	400 m T12	1:05.10	3	Did not advance
Grabriela Gonzalez	100 m T11	14.53	4	Did not advance
Tania Jimenez	100 m T11	13.38	2	Did not advance
Fatima Perez	100 m T35	17.51	7
	200 m T35	37.60	8
Ana Isabel Talavera	100 m T12
Daniela Velasco Jose Fuentes (guide)	200 m T12	26.97	4	Did not advance
	400 m T12	58.33	2 q	58.86	2 q	58.51

Women - field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Gabriela Gonzalez	Long jump F11/F12	4.38 m	4
Yeni Hernandez	Javelin throw F57/F58	17.96 m 719 pts	12
Tania Jimenez	Shot put F11/F12	9.24 m 981 pts	4
Leslie Mendoza	Shot put F20	9.32 m	10
Angeles Ortiz	Shot put F57/F58	11.43 m WR 1015 pts
Rita Osorio	Shot put F11/F12	7.80 m 921 pts	10
	Discus throw F11/F12	19.60 m 404 pts	11
Esther Rivera	Javelin throw F33/F34/F53/F54	11.07	9
Catalina Rosales	Shot put F57/F58	9.32 m 857 pts	8
	Discus throw F57/F58	27.52 m 621 pts	12
Estela Salas	Javelin throw F33/F34/F53/F54	11.40	7
	Discus throw F51-F53	12.33 m 591 pts	6
Rebeca Valezuela	Shot put F11/F12	9.95 m 772 pts	14
	Javelin throw F11/F12	34.17 m RR	4
Jeny Velazco	Javelin throw F57/F58	22.37 728 pts	11

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Individual

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

The only equestrian events held in the Paralympic Games are in the Dressage discipline. Mexico sent a team of three riders to the Games.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Erika Baitenmann	Casablanca	Individual championship test grade II	68.095	12
		Individual freestyle test grade II	65.900	12
Fernando Figueroa	Uwannabemine	Individual championship test grade II	58.810	21
		Individual freestyle test grade II	60.100	19
Maria Fernanda Otheguy	Welton Adonis	Individual championship test grade II	61.667	20
		Individual freestyle test grade II	63.500	15

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
					Total	Score	Rank
Erika Baitenmann	See above	Team	66.000	68.095	134.059	369.858	15
Fernando Figueroa			54.905	58.810	113.715
Maria Fernanda Otheguy			60.318	61.667	121.985

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Three Mexican judokas qualified for the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eduardo Ávila	Men's 73 kg	W 0001–0021	L 1023–0102	W 0013–0101
Alejandro Gonzalez	Men's 90 kg	L 000–100	Did not advance	L 000–100	Did not advance

Women

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Porfirio Francisco Arredondo Luna	Men's 82.5 kg	195 kg	5
Perla Barcenas	Women's 82.5 kg	135 kg
Jose de Jesus Castillo	Men's 90 kg
Laura Cerero	Women's 44 kg
Catalina Diaz	Men's 82.5 kg	128 kg	4
Amalia Perez	Women's 60 kg	135 kg

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luis Armando Andrade Guillen	100 m freestyle S8	1:04.39	6	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:36.73	5	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:22.35	7	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S8	1:08.06	5	Did not advance
Arnulfo Castorena	50 m freestyle S4	1:03.27	8	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB2	59.01	1 Q	58.23
	150 m individual medley SM3		Did not advance
Enrique Perez Davila	50 m freestyle S7	32.41	6	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S7	1:09.65	6	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly S7	39.21	6	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S7	1:25.87	8	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:25.31	8	Did not advance
Pedro Rangel	100 m breaststroke SB5	1:37.97	2 Q	1:36.85
Juan Ignacio Reyes	50 m backstroke S4	47.40	2 Q	45.75
Gustavo Sánchez Martínez	50 m freestyle S4	39.48	1 Q	39.97	5
	100 m freestyle S4	1:24.79	1 Q	1:24.28
	200 m freestyle S4	3:02.79	1Q	2:58.09
	50 m backstroke S4	46.48	2 Q	47.17
	100 m breaststroke SB8	53.26	4 Q	52.67	5
	150 m individual medley SM4	2:37.48	2 Q	2:39.55
Alejandro Silva	100 m breaststroke SB5	1:50.13	4	Did not advance
Cristopher Tronco	50 m backstroke S3	1:04.32	6	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM3		Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke SB2	1:00.12	3 Q	1:01.12	4

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haideé Aceves	50 m freestyle S3	1:09.99	6
	100 m freestyle S3	2:28.16	4 Q	2:28.96	7
Matilde Alcázar	100 m backstroke S12	1:35.43	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S12	1:34.39	6	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM12	3:07.19	7	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S12	5:49.15	6	Did not advance
Jessica Aviles	400 m freestyle S7	6:05.13	6	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S7	39.45	8	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S7	1:23.87	7	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S7	1:37.28	6	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM7	3:51.37	6	Did not advance
Mariana Díaz de la Vega	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:26.72	4	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S14	2:33.09	6	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S14	1:24.26	6	Did not advance
Karina Domingo	100 m freestyle S6	1:32.19	17	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly S6	48.54	8	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:34.52	4	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	6:23.41	5	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:56.58	4 Q	1:56.17	8
	50 m freestyle S6	42.46	7	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:49.65	8	Did not advance
Doramitzi Gonzalez	50 m freestyle S6		Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S6	1:24.32	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	6:14.32	4 Q	6:29.51	8
	50 m butterfly S6	44.41	6	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:39.32	6	Did not advance
Vianney Trejo	50 m freestyle S6	39.60	4	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:36.64	4	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:32.78	5 Q	3:28.97	8
	50 m butterfly S6	44.54	6	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	5:47.07	4 Q	5:47.85	6
	100 m freestyle S6	1:23.71	9 Q	Did not advance
Patricia Valle	50 m freestyle S3	55.72
	100 m freestyle S3	2:07.22	2 Q	1:59.76
	200 m freestyle S5	4:19.57	5	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament.

Squad list	Group stage		Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Floralia Estrada Bernal Wendy Garcia Amador Maria Hernandez Medrano Isabel Lopez Chavez Clara Marquez Gonzalez Claudia Miranda Orantes Maria del Carmen Montano Mejia Anaisa Perez Pacheco Yasmina Suarez Ramos Rocio Torres Lopez Lucia Vazquez Delgadillo Rosa Vera Gallardo	L 46–53	4 Q	L 37–62	5th–8th place semi-final L 53–74	7th/8th place match L 37–59	8
	L 33–67
	W 50–42
	L 28–68

Group play------------

Quarter-final

5th–8th place semi-final

7th/8th place match

References

1. Web site: Mexico - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals. LOCOG. 17 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120829003916/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/country/mexico/index.html. 29 August 2012.

External links

• Medal Count at London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Summer Games Official Website.