Amalia Pérez

Amalia Pérez
Personal information
Full name Amalia Pérez Vásquez
Nationality Mexican
Born (1977-07-10) July 10, 1977
Mexico City, Mexico
Sport
Country  Mexico
Sport powerlifting
Disability Paraplegia
Event(s) 44kg - 60kg
Coached by Jose Enrique Alvarado Paiz
Medal record
Women's powerlifting
Representing  Mexico
Summer Paralympics
Beijing 200852 kg
London 201260 kg
Rio de Janeiro 201655 kg
Athens 2004

48 kg

Sydney 2000

48 kg

Parapan American Games
Rio de Janeiro 200752kg
Guadalajara 2011lightweight
Mississauga 201552kg

Amalia Pérez Vásquez (b. 10 July 1977) is a Mexican powerlifter in the 44 kilograms (97 lb) - 60 kilograms (130 lb) bracket.[1][2][3] She has five times been a Paralympic champion and is the only powerlifter in the world to have Paralympic champion in three divisions.[4]

Pérez has been a member of the Mexican delegation to the Paralympic Games since 2000.[2] It was her participation of 2000 Summer Paralympics that won Pérez her first silver medal in the 52 kilograms (115 lb) powerlifting event,[5] and she would again win a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, but this time in the 48 kilograms (106 lb) event.[6] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Pérez won her first gold medal in the 52kg event and surpass the Pan-American record with a lifted weight of 127.5 kilograms (281 lb).[7] She would do this again four years later at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, this time with a lifted weight of 135.5 kilograms (299 lb).[8][9]

At the continental level, Pérez won a gold medal Parapan Games 2007 in Rio de Janeiro in the 52kg event and broke the world Paralympic powerlifting record with 130.5 kilograms (288 lb) on 14 August 2007.[10][11] At the 2011 Parapan American Games held in Guadalajara, she received the gold medal in the women's 44kg - 60kg event.[12]

In 2008, Pérez received the National Mexican Sports Award.[13]

Citations

  1. ↑ "Amalia Pérez: mexicana y superpoderosa". BBC World (in Spanish). 3 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Reséndiz, Mac (13 October 2012). "Amalia Pérez: vulnerable y fuerte" (in Spanish). ESPNdeportes. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Amalia Perez - Para powerlifting | Paralympic Athlete Profile". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "¡Récord mundial y tercer oro consecutivo!". sportspedia.com.mx (in Spanish). Sportspedia México. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Women's Up To 52 kg". paralympic.org (in Spanish). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Women's Up To 48 kg". paralympic.org (in Spanish). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Women's Up To 52 kg". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Women's Up To 52 kg". paralympic.org (in Spanish). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Women's Up To 60 kg". paralympic.org/ (in Spanish). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Records Iniciales". parapan.guadalajara2011.org (in Spanish). Guadalajara 2011, Juegos parapanamericanos. Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Segunda gran jornada de México en Parapanamericanos". La Jornada (in Spanish). 15 August 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Amalia Pérez". info.parapan.guadalajara2011.org.mx (in Spanish). Guadalajara 2011, Juegos parapanamericanos. Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  13. ↑ del Río, April (5 November 2008). "El PND, orgullo, satisfacción y justicia, señala Amalia Pérez". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2013.
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