Sherman Guity
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| birth_place = Limón, Costa Rica{{cite web |title=¡Sherman Guity iluminará los XL Juegos Deportivos Nacionales! |url=https://www.icoder.go.cr/noticias/1071-sherman-guity-iluminara-los-xl-juegos-deportivos-nacionales |website=ICODER |publisher=Instituto Costarricense del Deporte y la Recreación |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=es |date=13 January 2023}}
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{{Medal|Competition| Paralympic Games }}
{{Medal|Gold|2020 Tokyo|200 m T64}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|100 m T64}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|200 m T64}}
{{Medal|Silver|2020 Tokyo|100 m T64}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Kobe|100 m T64}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Paris|100 m T64}}
{{MedalCompetition|Parapan American Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Santiago|100 m T64}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Santiago|200 m T64}}
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Sherman Isidro Guity Guity (born 3 December 1996){{Cite news|title=Sherman Isidro Guity Guity|work=International Paralympic Committee|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sherman-isidro-guity-guity|access-date=5 September 2024}} is a Costa Rican Paralympic athlete. He competes in the disability category of T64, specializing in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprints. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan,{{Cite news|last=Zúñiga|first=Alejandro|date=6 September 2021|title=Gold for Güity: Tico sets record in Olympic win|work=ticotimes.net|url=https://ticotimes.net/2021/09/06/gold-for-guity-tico-sets-record-in-olympic-win|access-date=5 September 2024}} becoming the first competitor representing Costa Rica at the Paralympics to win a medal. He has gone on to win multiple sprint titles and is the current paralympic record holder for both the 100m and 200m T64 events.
Personal life
On 25 August 2017, at the age of 20, Guity suffered a life-altering motorcycle accident which led to the aputation of his left leg below the knee.{{Cite news|last=TCRN STAFF|date=10 June 2019|title=Sherman Guity an Athlete That is a Source of Pride for All Costa Ricans|publisher=The Costa Rica News|url=https://thecostaricanews.com/sherman-guity-an-athlete-that-is-a-source-of-pride-for-all-costa-ricans/|access-date=5 September 2024}} Costa Rican media later noted that, while recovering at the hospital, Guity promised that he would become "the best Paralympic athlete."{{cite news |last1=Mendoza |first1=Adrián |title=(VIDEO) La promesa que hizo Sherman desde un hospital hoy es una realidad {{!}} Crhoy.com |url=https://www.crhoy.com/deportes/video-la-promesa-que-hizo-sherman-desde-un-hospital-hoy-es-una-realidad/ |access-date=13 September 2024 |work=CRHoy.com {{!}} Periodico Digital {{!}} Costa Rica Noticias 24/7 |date=2 September 2024 |language=es}}{{cite news |last1=Alvarado |first1=Sergio |title=Sherman Guity cumplió la promesa que le hizo a Costa Rica desde la cama de un hospital |url=https://www.lateja.cr/deportes/sherman-guity-cumplio-la-promesa-que-le-hizo-a/FY6JUBX3G5FOVIYGWAILVTG2CM/story/ |access-date=13 September 2024 |work=La Teja |date=3 September 2024 |language=es}}
On 11 November 2019, Guity was suspended by the IPC for 2 years for a non-intentional anti-doping violation after the substance Clostebol was found in an out of competition test used to treat a scar from a wound.{{Cite news|last=IPC|date=11 November 2019|title=Para athlete Sherman Guity suspended for anti-doping rule violation|work=International Paralympic Committee|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/para-athlete-sherman-guity-suspended-anti-doping-rule-violation#:~:text=As%20a%20result%20of%20his,in%20his%20or%20her%20sample.|access-date=5 September 2024}}
His sporting hero is Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.{{Cite news|title=GUITY GUITY Sherman Isidro|work=Paris 2024 Paralympics|url=https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/sherman-isidro-guity-guity_2473387|access-date=5 September 2024}} ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/sherman-isidro-guity-guity_2473387 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/sherman-isidro-guity-guity_2473387 alternate link 2])
Athletics Career
File:Limón - Municipal Square - Sherman Guity.jpg's municipality honored Guity on its city hall plaza]]
On 30 August 2021 during the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Guity came second in the men's 100 metres T64 sprint, winning silver and Costa Rica's first ever paralympic medal.{{Cite news|last=IPC|date=2 September 2024|title=Results Archive - Tokyo 2020 - Athletics - Men S 100 M T64|work=International Paralympic Committee|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/athletics/men-s-100-m-t64|access-date=5 September 2024}} He then went on to win Costa Rica's first ever paralympic gold medal in the men's 200 metres T64 sprint.{{Cite news|last=Zúñiga|first=Alejandro|date=6 September 2021|title=Gold for Güity: Tico sets record in Olympic win|work=ticotimes.net|url=https://ticotimes.net/2021/09/06/gold-for-guity-tico-sets-record-in-olympic-win|access-date=5 September 2024}}
During the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics, Guity established himself as a world-class athlete by winning the men's 100 metres T64, achieving his second paralympic gold medal and first in the 100m sprint.{{Cite news|last=Tico Times|date=2 September 2024|title=Costa Rica Celebrates as Sherman Guity Wins Paralympic Gold in 100m|work=ticotimes.net|url=https://ticotimes.net/2024/09/02/costa-rica-celebrates-as-sherman-guity-wins-paralympic-gold-in-100m#:~:text=Costa%20Rica%20is%20celebrating%20an,at%20an%20impressive%2010.65%20seconds.|access-date=5 September 2024}} He went on to win gold in the men's 200 metres T64 defending his Paralympic title and accomplishing the sprint double.{{Cite news|last=IPC|date=2 September 2024|title=Men's 200m - T64 Final Results|work=International Paralympic Committee|url=https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-athletics/men-s-200m---t64/fnl-000100--|access-date=7 September 2024}}
Achievements
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| rowspan=2 |2020 Summer Paralympics | rowspan=2 |{{JAP}}, Tokyo | align=center |{{silver2}} | align=right |10.76 | align=center |{{AthAbbr|PB}} | |
| 200 m T64 | align=center |{{gold1}} | align=right |21.43 | align=center |{{AthAbbr|PR}} | ||
| rowspan=2 |2023 World Para Athletics Championships | rowspan=2 |{{FRA}}, Paris | align=center |{{gold1}} | align=right |10.79 | align=center | | |
| 200 m T64 | align=center |6 | align=right |35.10 | align=center | | ||
| rowspan=2 |2023 Parapan American Games | rowspan=2 |{{CHI}}, Santiago | align=center |{{gold1}} | align=right |10.89 | align=center | | |
| 200 m T64 | align=center |{{gold1}} | align=right |21.59 | align=center |{{AthAbbr|GR}} | ||
| 2024 World Para Athletics Championships | {{JAP}}, Kobe | align=center |{{gold1}} | align=right |10.88 | align=center | | |
| rowspan=2 |2024 Summer Paralympics | rowspan=2 |{{FRA}}, Paris | align=center |{{gold1}} | align=right |10.65 | align=center |{{AthAbbr|PR}} | |
| 200 m T64 | align=center |{{gold1}} | align=right |21.32 | align=center |{{AthAbbr|PR}} |
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