Pedro Pablo de Vinatea | |
Fullname: | Pedro Pablo de Vinatea Estrada |
Sport: | Para-badminton |
Club: | Club de Regatas Lima |
Birth Date: | 14 July 1987 |
Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
Pedro Pablo de Vinatea Estrada (born 14 July 1987) is a Peruvian para-badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions. He is a World bronze medalist, two-time Parapan American Games champion and a five-time Pan American champion. He is also an Ottobock ambassador for para-badminton in Peru by encouraging children and people with disabilities to play the sport as well as getting para-badminton to be recognised as an official sport at the 2019 Parapan American Games where he won the gold medal.[1] [2] [3]
De Vinatea started playing badminton aged 10, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma aged fourteen and had his right leg amputated.[4]