Moisés Beristáin Explained

Moisés Beristáin Gutiérrez is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T12 long-distance events.^[1]

Biography

Moisés Beristáin competed in three Paralympic games, his first, and most successful in 2000 where he won a gold in the 10000m, silver in the 5000m and bronze in the marathon. Despite competing in the same three events in 2004 and the 10000m and marathon in 2008 he never again won a Paralympic medal.^[2] However he continued to compete and won the 2016 Mexico City Marathon.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.atletismoenmexico.com/2009/03/20/va-moises-beristain-por-la-maraton-de-japon/ Va Moisés Beristáin por la maratón de Japón…
2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&Medal=all&npc=all&name=Beristain&fname=Moises&gender=all profile on paralympic.org
3. News: Triunfan Kenia y Lituania en el Maratón CDMX. 29 August 2016. Sportspedia México. Sportspedia México. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918174411/http://sportspedia.com.mx/triunfan-kenya-y-lituania-en-el-maraton-cdmx/. 18 September 2016.