Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez

Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez (born 1 September 1992)[1] is a visually impaired Mexican Paralympic athlete.[2] She represented Mexico at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021 and she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F12 event in 2016.[2] She also won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez
Personal information
Born (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Sport
CountryMexico
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityGlaucoma
Event(s)
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F12
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Shot put F12
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha Shot put F12
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London Shot put F12
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dubai Shot put F12
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Javelin throw F11/12
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Shot put F11/12
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Javelin throw F11/12/13
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Shot put F12

In 2019, she qualified to represent Mexico at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the bronze medal in the women's shot put F12 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3][4] She also competed in the women's javelin throw F13 event where she finished in 6th place.[5]

References
  1. "¡Sonora en el podio paralímpico!". Grada Norte (in Spanish). 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. "Rebeca Valenzuela Álvarez". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview – Women's shot put F12". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. "Day 2: World Para Athletics Championships 2019 - As it happened". Olympic Channel. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. "Women's javelin throw F13" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.


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