FAUNDEZ Margarita

Date of Birth: 21 Jul 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: SANTIAGO

Birth Country:

Chile

Place of residence : CHILE

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 1500m - T11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
8	1500m - T13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5:01.93
World Championships
3	1500m - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	4:51.88
6	1500m - T11	2017	London, GBR	5:09.52
7	1500m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	5:13.56
7	400m - T12	2015	Doha, QAT	1:05.47
8	Women's 800m T11	2017	London, GBR	2:36.75

Maggi (elfaromormon.org, 27 Mar 2014)

Music, art. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Massage Therapy

Languages spoken:

Club Jaguares [Santiago, CHI]

Raul Moya [personal]

In 2018 she sustained a fracture to her right foot. She recovered in time to compete at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, where she won bronze in the T11 1500m. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Apr 2021; milenio.com, 25 Aug 2019; Facebook profile, 10 Jul 2019; Instagram profile, 24 Mar 2019)

A knee injury affected her performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Following the Games, she was unable to train until March 2017. (virun.cl, 15 Jun 2017)

She took up the sport at age 20 in Santiago, Chile. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019; parasuramericanos.santiago2014.cl, 30 Mar 2014)

A friend invited her to try the sport. "I realised that I liked to run and to challenge myself every day. I feel free when I am running." (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo and to compete at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile, and the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (Ministerio del Deporte de Chile Facebook page, 09 Oct 2020; Abastible YouTube channel, 19 Jul 2018)

Winning gold in the T12 1500m at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Apr 2021; Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Chilean Para distance runner Cristian Valenzuela. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Coach Ricardo Opazo. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

She prays before every competition. (Ministerio del Deporte de Chile Facebook page, 09 Oct 2020)

Philosophy:

"Improve every day." (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

She was presented with an Outstanding Performance award by the Chilean government in recognition of her performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (emol.com, 31 Dec 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 22 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (hoychile.cl, 30 Aug 2015)

Impairment Details
At age five she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that causes her vision to slowly deteriorate. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019; parasuramericanos.santiago2014.cl, 30 Mar 2014)

Guide
Francisco Segovia (Instagram profile, 01 Apr 2021)

General
INJURY COMEBACK
She considered quitting the sport during the early part of 2019 after fracturing her right foot and losing her financial support from the Chilean government. She decided to persevere following encouragement from coach Sebastian Alarcon Marchant and guide Rodrigo Machado Hamilton. She believes she made the right choice after winning bronze in the T11 1500m at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. "I feared I wouldn't reach the Games for a number of reasons. But the moment I was on the starting line, I was happy to be there, to feel that I had overcome the infinite obstacles I encountered along the way. I feel happy for the bronze medal I won. I really carry it like a gold medal in my heart." In 2020, she said she expects to retire from competitive sport after the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (Ministerio del Deporte de Chile Facebook page, 09 Oct 2020; Facebook profile, 27 Aug 2019; milenio.com, 25 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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