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Guillermo Pérez (athlete)

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Cuban Paralympic athlete
Guillermo Pérez
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Cuba
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Javelin Throw - F42

Guillermo Pérez is a paralympic athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category F42 throwing events.

Guillermo Perez has competed at three Paralympics 1992, 1992 and 1996. Each time he competed in the shot, discus and javelin but his only medal came in the javelin in 1996 when he won the gold medal. Guillermo also competed in the 1992 powerlifting competition in the over 100 kg category but was unable to medal.

References

  1. Cuba La epopeya paralímpica (final) Beijing 2008 Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine "1996.. Los otros ganadores de metales áureos: Ambrosio Zaldívar (400 metros planos), Diosmani González ( 10 000 lisos), y Guillermo Pérez (jabalina). Los cubanos implantaron en total cinco cotas del orbe y siete para los Juegos."
  2. Nicaragua El sueño paralímpico 2012 "Barcelona 1992 .. Por primera vez en la historia Nicaragua llegaba a unas olimpíadas para personas con discapacidad, conocidas como Paralímpicos y Guillermo Pérez, un viejano que perdió la movilidad en las piernas en un accidente de tránsito a los 12 años de edad, nos representaba."
  3. "Guillermo Pérez". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.

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