Moisés Fuentes (swimmer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fuentes and the second or maternal family name is García.
Moisés Fuentes
Personal information
Full nameMoisés Fuentes García
Born (1974-09-22) 22 September 1974
San Gil, Colombia
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Colombia
SportPara swimming
DisabilitySpinal cord injury
Disability classS4
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's para swimming
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 0 2 2
World Championships 1 4 1
Parapan American Games 3 6 2
Total 4 12 5
Paralympic Games
2012 London 100 m breaststroke SB4
2020 Tokyo 100 m breaststroke SB4
2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke SB4
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke SB4
World Championships
2013 Montreal 100 m breaststroke SB4
2017 Mexico City 100 m breaststroke SB4
2019 London 100 m breaststroke SB4
2022 Madeira 100 m breaststroke SB4
2025 Singapore 100 m breaststroke SB4
2006 Durban 100 m breaststroke SB4
Parapan American Games
2003 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle S5
2015 Toronto 100 m breaststroke SB4
2019 Lima 100 m breaststroke SB4
2003 Mar del Plata 50 m freestyle S5
2007 Rio de Janeiro 50 m freestyle S5
2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m freestyle S5
2007 Rio de Janeiro 100 m breaststroke SB4
2007 Rio de Janeiro 200 m freestyle S5
2011 Guadalajara 100 m breaststroke SB4
2003 Mar del Plata 100 m breaststroke SB4
2003 Mar del Plata 200 m medley SM5

Moisés Fuentes García (born 22 September 1974) is a Colombian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He is a triple Paralympic medalist, a World champion and a triple Parapan American Games champion.[1][2][3]

Personal life

In October 1992, Fuentes and his older brother Rodrigo were attacked by gunmen in Santa Marta outside of his brother's coffee stall. Moisés was shot in the vertebrae resulting in paraplegia from the waist down and his right leg was amputated below the knee, his brother was killed in the attack.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Moises Fuentes - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Moises, el atleta paralimpico que no para de ganar (in Spanish)". El Tiempo. 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Moises Fuentes, a man with tenacity who does not stop evolving in swimming (in Spanish)". Periodico 15. 8 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Moises Fuentes Garcia (in Spanish)". Unidad Victimas. 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Motivation: Moises Fuentes (in Spanish)". Smart Speakers. 4 December 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.