MENDES SANCHEZ Poleth Isamar

Ecuador

Athletics

Date of Birth: 4 Feb 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F20

Place of birth: CARPUELA

Birth Country:

Ecuador

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Shot Put - F20	1

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WR	Women's Shot Put - F20 Final	14.39 m	29 August, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)
PR	Women's Shot Put - F20 Final	14.39 m	29 August, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Standing Shot Put	Women's Shot Put - F20 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
5	Shot Put - F20	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	12.02
World Championships
2	Shot Put - F20	2017	London, GBR	12.72
5	Shot Put - F20	2019	Dubai, UAE	12.82

Hobbies:

Playing football, dancing. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019; polehtmendez.wordpress.com, 07 May 2018)

Languages spoken:

Spanish

Sporting relatives:

Her sister Anais won the silver medal in the F20 shot put at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Jun 2021; elnorte.ec, 27 Aug 2019)

Debut:

2015 for Ecuador (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Injuries:

A back injury kept her out of the sport for 17 months. She returned to competition in June 2019. (eltelegrafo.com.ec, 26 Jun 2019)

Start:

She took up athletics at age 12. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019; eltelegrafo.com.ec, 07 Sep 2016)

Reason:

Coach Pablo Delgado went to her town to look for children who wanted to take up athletics, and she registered to try the sport. (polehtmendez.wordpress.com, 15 May 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (eltelegrafo.com.ec; 26 Sep 2019)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Hero:

Coach David Bernardo. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Influence:

Her mother. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Award:

She was flag bearer for Ecuador at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T20, F20 (IPC, 05 May 2021)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PR:: Paralympic Record
WR:: World Record

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