Mexico at the Paralympics
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| NPCname = [http://www.deporte.org.mx/ Federacion Mexicana de Deporte]
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| gold = 107
| silver = 98
| bronze = 123
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| summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Mexico|competition=Summer Paralympics|begin_year=1972|end_year= }}
| winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Mexico|competition=Winter Paralympics|begin_year=2006|end_year= }}
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File:Flickr - CarolineG2011 - Extremely colourful Mexican paralympic team.jpg
Mexico made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, with a delegation of seven athletes competing in track and field, swimming, weightlifting and wheelchair fencing. It has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, and made its Winter Paralympics début in 2006.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics], International Paralympic Committee{{cite web|title=Mexico Summer Paralympics|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Athletes/Results|access-date=4 September 2012}}
Mexicans have won a total of 328 Paralympic medals, of which 107 are gold, 98 silver and 123 bronze,[http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/country/mexico/profile/index.html Mexico - 2012 Paralympic - London 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130128085021/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/country/mexico/profile/index.html |date=2013-01-28 }} placing the Top-30 on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. Although Mexicans did not win any medals at the 1972 Games, they swept up sixteen gold (fifteen in athletics, one in swimming) in 1976, along with fourteen silver and nine bronze, and continued to win medals during every subsequent edition of the Summer Games.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics], International Paralympic Committee
Among the most successful Mexican Paralympians, Josefina Cornejo won four gold medals in track and field at the 1976 Games, reiterating that result four years later. Runner Juana Soto also took four gold in 1980, as did Leticia Torres in 1988.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics], International Paralympic Committee
Mexican delegations to the Winter Games, by contrast, have been small (one competitor in 2006, two in 2010, one in 2014 and one in 2018), and have not won any medals.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=MEX&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Mexico at the Paralympics], International Paralympic Committee
Medals
{{See also|All-time Paralympic Games medal table}}
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=Medals by Summer Games=
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! width=30|Athletes !scope="col" width:60px;"|20px !scope="col" width:60px;"|20px !scope="col" width:60px;"|20px ! width=55|Total ! width=4em class="unsortable"|Rank by gold medals ! width=4em class="unsortable"|Rank by total medals | |||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} 1960 Rome | colspan=7 rowspan=3| did not participate | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Japan}} 1964 Tokyo | |||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Israel}} 1968 Tel-Aviv | |||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|West Germany}} 1972 Heidelberg | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Canada}} 1976 Toronto | 32 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 39 | 12 | 13 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} 1980 Arnhem | 28 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 42 | 9 | 12 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|United States}} 1984 New York / | 54 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 37 | 25 | 20 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|South Korea}} 1988 Seoul | 34 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 25 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Spain}} 1992 Barcelona | 19 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 25 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|United States}} 1996 Atlanta | 38 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 31 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Australia}} 2000 Sydney | 77 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 17 | 15 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Greece}} 2004 Athens | 77 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 15 | 14 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|China}} 2008 Beijing | 67 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 20 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Great Britain}} 2012 London | 81 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 23 | 18 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Brazil}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 71 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 25 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Japan}} 2020 Tokyo | 60 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|France}} 2024 Paris | 67 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 23 |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|United States}} 2028 Los Angeles | colspan=7; rowspan=1 | Future event | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Australia}} 2032 Brisbane | colspan=7; rowspan=1 | Future event | ||||||
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| Total | 641 | 107 | 98 | 123 | 328 | 22 | 20 |
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=Medals by Winter Games=
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! width=30|Athletes ! width=30 class="unsortable"|20px ! width=30 class="unsortable"|20px ! width=30 class="unsortable"|20px ! width=30 class="unsortable"|Total ! width=30 class="unsortable"|Rank | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Sweden}} 1976 Örnsköldsvik | colspan=6 rowspan=8| did not participate | |||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Norway}} 1980 Geilo | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Austria}} 1984 Innsbruck | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Austria}} 1988 Innsbruck | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|France}} 1992 Tignes - Albertville | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Norway}} 1994 Lillehammer | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Japan}} 1998 Nagano | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|United States}} 2002 Salt Lake City | ||||||
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} 2006 Turin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Canada}} 2010 Vancouver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Russia}} 2014 Sochi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|South Korea}} 2018 Pyeongchang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|China}} 2022 Beijing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} 2026 Milan-Cortina | ||||||
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| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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= Medals by Summer sport =
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align=left| 20px Archery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
align=left| 20px Athletics | 69 | 70 | 71 | 210 |
align=left| 20px Judo | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
align=left| 20px Powerlifting | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
align=left| 20px Swimming | 29 | 20 | 35 | 84 |
align=left| 20px Table Tennis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
align=left| 20px Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
align=left| 20px Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
align=left| 20px Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 107 | 98 | 123 | 328 |
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= Medals by Winter Sport =
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Multi-medalists
Mexican athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five or more medals of any colour.
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! Athlete ! Sport ! Years ! Games ! Gender ! style="background:gold; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"| Gold ! style="background:silver; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver ! style="background:#c96; width:4.0em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze ! style="width:4.0em;"|Total | |||||||||
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|1 | align=left|Martha Gustafson | align=left|{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} {{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}} {{GamesSport|Table tennis|Format=d}} | 1976-1988 | 4 | F | 12 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
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|2 | align=left|Josefina Cornejo | align=left|{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} {{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}} {{GamesSport|Table tennis|Format=d}} | 1976-1980 | 2 | F | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
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|3 | align=left|Juana Soto | align=left|{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} | 1980-1992 | 4 | F | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
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|4 | align=left|Doramitzi Gonzalez | align=left|{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}} | 2000-2016 | 5 | F | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
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|5 | align=left|Juan Ignacio Reyes | align=left|{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}} | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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|6 | align=left|Leticia Torres | align=left|{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} | 1988-2004 | 5 | F | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
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|7 | align=left|Amalia Perez | align=left|{{GamesSport|Powerlifting|Format=d}} | 2000-2024 | 7 | F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
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|8 | align=left|Patricia Valle | align=left|{{GamesSport|Swimming|Format=d}} | 2000-2016 | 5 | F | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
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|9 | align=left|Salvador Hernandez | align=left|{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} | 1996-2016, 2024 | 7 | M | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
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|10 | align=left|Mauro Maximo de Jesus | align=left|{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} | 1996-2012 | 5 | M | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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|11 | align=left|Saul Mendoza | align=left|{{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} | 1988-2008 | 6 | M | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |