VALENZUELA Cristian

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	5000m - T11	2012	London, GBR	15:26.26
4	1500m - T11	2012	London, GBR	4:07.79
11	1500m - T11	2008	Beijing, CHN	4:27.94
DSQ	1500m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DSQ
DNS	5000m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	DNS
DNS	Marathon - T12	2012	London, GBR	DNS
World Championships
1	5000m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	15:52.64
1	Men's Marathon T11	2013	Lyon, FRA	2:44:33
1	Men's Marathon T11	2011	Christchurch, NZL	2:41:04
2	5000m - T11	2017	London, GBR	15:49.63
2	1500m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	4:14.00
2	1500m - T11	2013	Lyon, FRA	4:15.80
2	5000m - T11	2013	Lyon, FRA	15:45.68
2	Men's 10000m T11	2011	Christchurch, NZL	33:21.51
4	Men's 800m T11	2013	Lyon, FRA	2:07.32
4	5000m - T11	2011	Christchurch, NZL	16:01.88
5	1500m - T11	2017	London, GBR	4:25.48
DNF	1500m - T11	2011	Christchurch, NZL	DNF

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

Partner Amanda

Spanish

Raul Moya [national]

His partner Amanda Cerna has also represented Chile in Para athletics, and competed in the T47 200m and 400m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (alairelibre.cl, 28 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 19 Aug 2021)

2007 for Chile, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

He missed the T11 5000m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro because of injury. (paralympic.org, 29 Apr 2017)

In around 2012 he was affected by Achilles tendinopathy in both of his legs. (revistachilenadeatletismo.cl, 09 Mar 2016)

He sustained a tibia fracture in his left leg in 2010 that prevented him training for eight months, and he missed the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (elmostrador.cl, 08 Sep 2020)

He took up running in 2006 at the Santa Lucia Educational Centre in Santiago, Chile. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015; contintanegra.cl, 01 Oct 2012)

He was looking for something to motivate him after losing his vision. "In this quest I found athletics and I felt that's the place I had to be. I began running first as a way of staying healthy and later I realised there were competitions, and that's how it all started." (Canal13C YouTube channel, 26 Nov 2019)

Winning gold in the T11 5000m at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (elmostrador.cl, 08 Sep 2020)

Eritrean distance runner Zersenay Tadese. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

His mother. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

"There are two options in life, cry or keep moving forward." (contintanegra.cl, 01 Oct 2012)

He was named 2015 Athlete of the Year [for Para athletics] by the Circle of Sports Journalists of Chile. (paralympic.org, 22 Dec 2015)

He was Chile's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (latercera.com, 07 Aug 2015)

He was named 2012 Athlete of the Year by the Olympic Association of Chile. (biobiochile.cl, 04 Mar 2013)

He was named 2012 Athlete of the Year by the Circle of Sports Journalists of Chile. (latercera.com, 20 Dec 2012)