Gustavo Sánchez Martínez

Gustavo Sánchez
Personal information
Full nameGustavo Ramón Sánchez Martínez
Born3 May 1994 (1994-05-03) (age 31)
Mexico City, Mexico
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Mexico
Paralympic Games
2012 London 100 m freestyle S4
2012 London 200 m freestyle S4
2012 London 150 m medley SM4
2012 London 50 m backstroke S4
IPC World Championships
2013 Montreal 200 m freestyle S4
2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle S4
2013 Montreal 100 m freestyle S4
2013 Montreal 50 m backstroke S4
2013 Montreal 50 m butterfly S4
2010 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle S4
2010 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle S4
2010 Eindhoven 200 m freestyle S4
Parapan American Games
2011 Guadalajara 50m freestyle S4
2011 Guadalajara 50m breaststroke SB3
2015 Toronto 50 m freestyle S4
2015 Toronto 100m freestyle S4
2015 Toronto 50m breaststroke SB3
2019 Lima 50m freestyle S4
2019 Lima 100m freestyle S4
2019 Lima 50m breaststroke SB3
2019 Lima 50m butterfly S4
2015 Toronto 50m backstroke S4
2019 Lima 200m freestyle S5
2019 Lima 50m backstroke S4
2011 Guadalajara 100m freestyle S5
2011 Guadalajara 200m freestyle S5

Gustavo Sánchez Martínez[a] (born 3 May 1994)[1] is a Mexican competitive swimmer, born without left hand and both legs, who won four medals for Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He competed in five events, 50m freestyle (5th place), 100m freestyle (1st place), 200m freestyle (1st place), 150m medley (2nd place), 50m backstroke (3rd place). Gustavo became well known at World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2010, where he won three bronze medals. His biggest rivals in the pools are David Smetanine from France and Richard Oribe from Spain.[2]

At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, his five swim finals resulted in no medals.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

References

  1. ^ "El deportista Gustavo Sánchez explica por qué se siente identificado con Iron Man en Voces de la Diversidad". Disney (in Spanish). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  3. ^ "Se va Gustavo Sánchez sin medallas" (in Spanish). Sportspedia México. Sportspedia.com.mx. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.


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