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| Full name | Édgar Ulises Fuentes Yáñez | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 (age 30) Chihuahua City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F54 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Édgar Ulises Fuentes Yáñez (born 21 April 1994) is a Mexican para-athlete specializing in javelin throw.
Career
In May 2024, he competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the javelin throw F54 event with a Championships record throw of 30.25 metres. He then represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the javelin throw F54 event.
Notees
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fuentes and the second or maternal family name is Yáñez.
References
- "FUENTES YANEZ Edgar Ulises". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 6 September 2024. (alternate link)
- Marco Antonio Guadarrama (6 September 2024). "¿Quién es Edgar Ulises Fuentes, mexicano que ganó medalla de plata en los Juegos Paralímpicos de París 2024?" [Who is Edgar Ulises Fuentes, the Mexican who won a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games?]. Milenio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- "Kobe 2024: Hat-trick of golds for Uzbekistan, 16th world title for Cockroft". paralympic.org. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- "Paris Paralympics: Dipesh Kumar finishes 7th in men's javelin throw T54 final". aninews.in. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
External links
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- Living people
- 1994 births
- Mexican male javelin throwers
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- World Para Athletics Championships winners
- Paralympic athletes for Mexico
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for Mexico
- Sportspeople from Chihuahua City
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen
- North American Paralympic medalist stubs
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