Carlos Leon (athlete)
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| Born | 1 November 1984 North Lauderdale, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T53 | ||||||||||||||
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Carlos Leon (born November 1, 1984) is an American Paralympic track and field athlete who competes in men's shot put. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]
Military career
Leon was a United States Marine Corps veteran who had a traumatic diving accident in 2005 which resulted in quadriplegia.[3]
The documentary film Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing features Leon's individual story as he trained to try for a berth on the 2008 U.S. Paralympic team.[4]
References
- ^ "Carlos Leon - Team USA". Team USA. 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Carlos Leon - IPC Profile". International Paralympic Committee. 2 April 2025.
- ^ "Quadriplegic veteran, Paralympic athlete earns engineering degree". Florida Atlantic University. 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Para sport & Paralympic News - Official Source | IPC".