CASTRO REYES Darwin Gustavo

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
7	5000m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	16:25.38
8	1500m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:21.29
World Championships
4	5000m - T11	2017	London, GBR	16:03.19
5	1500m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:11.49
5	5000m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	15:59.99
8	1500m - T11	2017	London, GBR	4:23.88

Listening to music, travel. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Athlete

Spanish

Grupo de Atletismo Chukos [Ecuador]

Julio Chuqui [club]

2013 for Ecuador, in Medellin, Colombia (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

He sustained a ligament injury in his right knee in 2017. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

He took up the sport in 2013. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019)

Sport was a tool to help him overcome the depression he experienced after losing his vision. "I first tried blind football, then swimming, and even goalball. But it was when I tried athletics that I noticed I had found my sport." (eltelegrafo.com.ec, 17 Aug 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Winning gold in the T11 5000m at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Guide Sebastian Rosero. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

He was named among the Best Performance Athletes of the Year at the 2019 Paralympic Gala organised by the Ecuadorian Paralympic Committee and the Ministry of Sports in Ecuador. (elmercurio.com.ec, 19 Dec 2019)

He was flag bearer for Ecuador at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. He carried out the same role at the closing ceremony of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (lahora.com.ec, 16 Aug 2019; paralympic.org, 15 Aug 2015)

He was named Outstanding Para Athlete of the Year by the Sports Journalists' Association in Ecuador in 2018. (hermanosenderica.com, 03 Apr 2019)

He was named the 2014 Vision Impaired Athletics Competitor of the Year by the Ecuadorian Paralympic Committee. (parasport-news.com, 31 Dec 2014)