- Saúl Mendoza
Saúl Mendoza (born
January 6 ,1967 ) is a formerwheelchair racer , who competed at the Olympic and Paralympic levels.He acquired
polio when he was 6 months old, and he grew up playing different sports.At the
2000 Olympic Games , he finished first in the demonstration event of Men's 1500m wheelchair. He finished second in the same event at the2004 Summer Olympics .He won six medals in different
athletics events at theParalympic Games - 2 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze - in a career that spanned from Seoul 1988 to Beijing 2008.He was the flag-bearer for the Mexican team in the Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
The
2008 Paralympic Games were his sixth and final Paralympic appearance, as he had previously announced he would retire from competition after the Games. [ [http://www.saulmendoza.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=94 "Saúl Mendoza, abanderado de la delegación mexicana"] , Saúl Mendoza official website] . In this edition, he wasn't able to reach the performance level he displayed in previous editions, and could not add more medals to his tally.References
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