Yazmith Bataz
{{short description|Mexican Paralympic athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Yazmith Bataz
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| birth_name = Yazmith Bataz Carballo
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|04|05}}
| birth_place = La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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| height = 1.56 m
| weight = 43 kg
| sport = Track and field
| event = 100 meters
200 meters
400 meters
| disability = Paraplegia
| disability_class = T54
| national_team = Mexico
| years_active = 1999 – present
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| nickname = Yaz, La Flaca{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=681753 |title=Athlete Bio |publisher=Paralympic Games |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110124600/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=681753 |url-status=dead }}
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Paralympic athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{MEX}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Parapan American Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|100m T54}}
{{Medal|Silver|2011 Guadalajara|200m T54}}
{{Medal|Silver|2011 Guadalajara|400m T54}}
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Yazmith Bataz Carballo (born April 5, 1972), is a Mexican athlete specializing in 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter events.{{Cite web |url=http://info.parapan.guadalajara2011.org.mx:80/ESP/ZB/ZBB101A_AT@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ESP_number=623.htm |title=Atletismo |publisher=Parapan American Games |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812020700/http://info.parapan.guadalajara2011.org.mx:80/ESP/ZB/ZBB101A_AT@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ESP_number=623.htm |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 9, 2017}}
Career
Bataz has been a member of Mexico's athletics team at the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and London 2012 Paralympic Games.
At the continental level, she has represented her country at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she received her first gold medal in the 100 meters. At the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, she won a gold medal in the 100 meters and silver medals in the 200 meters and 400 meters within the T54 category for wheelchair racers.
On August 16, 2007, in Rio, Bataz broke the Pan-American record in the women's 100 meters T54 category with a time of 18:55. Additionally, in Guadalajara in 2011, she set a new continental record with 17:46 in the same event.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uwisio.com/Olympics/Profile/Yazmith-Bataz-Carballo |title=Atletas olímpicos: Yazmith Bataz Carballo |publisher=UWISIO |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016010355/http://www.uwisio.com/Olympics/Profile/Yazmith-Bataz-Carballo |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 9, 2017}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2313903.htm |title=Yazmith Bataz, oro y récord panamericano |trans-title=Yazmith Bataz, Gold and Pan-American Record |work=El Sudcaliforniano |language=Spanish |date=November 18, 2011 |location=La Paz, Baja California Sur |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015552/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2313903.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 9, 2017}}
Honors
In 2014, Yazmith Bataz received the Medal of Merit For a Person With a Disability from the government of her home state of Baja California Sur.{{Cite web |url=http://www.radarpolitico.com.mx/2014/12/11/yazmith-bataz-recibe-medalla-al-merito-a-la-persona-con-discapacidad/ |title=Yazmith Bataz recibe medalla al merito a la persona con discapacidad |trans-title=Yazmith Bataz Receives Medal of Merit For a Person With a Disability |last=Puga Lizardi |first=José Luís |publisher=Radar Político |location=La Paz, Baja California Sur |language=Spanish |date=December 11, 2014 |access-date=November 9, 2017}}
In 2016 she was appointed Municipal Coordinator for the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities for her hometown of La Paz.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lapaz.gob.mx/noticia/1190/participa-coordinacion-para-la-inclusion-de-las-personas-discapacidad-en-ciclos-de-conferencias |title=Cabildo de La Paz, elije a la Coordinadora Municipal para la inclusión de las personas con discapacidad |trans-title=Government of La Paz Chooses Municipal Coordinator for the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities |publisher=Government of La Paz, Baja California Sur |language=Spanish |date=October 10, 2016 |access-date=November 9, 2017}} She has represented the city at conferences of the National Human Rights Commission.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lapaz.gob.mx/noticia/1190/participa-coordinacion-para-la-inclusion-de-las-personas-discapacidad-en-ciclos-de-conferencias |title=Participa Coordinación para la Inclusión de las Personas Discapacidad en ciclos de conferencias |trans-title=Coordinator for the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities Participates in Conference Cycles |publisher=Government of La Paz, Baja California Sur |language=Spanish |date=October 29, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017}}
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Category:Mexican female wheelchair racers
Category:Track and field athletes with limb difference
Category:Amputee-category Paralympic competitors
Category:Paralympic athletes for Mexico
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
Category:Sportspeople from La Paz, Baja California Sur
Category:Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Parapan American Games gold medalists for Mexico