HOOKER VELASQUEZ Dixon de Jesus

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
6	400m - T38	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	54.80
11	100m - T38	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	13.26
World Championships
1	400m - T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	51.10
1	400m - T38	2015	Doha, QAT	52.62
2	400m - T38	2017	London, GBR	51.18
3	Men's 200m T38	2017	London, GBR	22.91
5	Men's 200m T38	2015	Doha, QAT	23.38
7	100m - T38	2019	Dubai, UAE	11.51
9	100m - T38	2017	London, GBR	11.97

Riding horses, going for walks. (dxtcapital.com, 21 Oct 2018)

Commercial Del Valle Incoval Institute, Cali, COL

Spanish

Valle del Cauca [Cali, COL]

Alonso Mina [national]; Freyman Arias [national]

2015 for Colombia, Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada (confidencialcolombia.com, 18 Aug 2015)

He tore his hamstring two months before the 2016 Paralympic Games. (senalcolombia.tv, 17 Dec 2019; Senal Colombia Deportes Facebook page, 13 Dec 2019)

He took up the sport in 2009 in Cali, Colombia. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

He was encouraged to get involved in sports by his aunt. He became interested in athletics because his body frame was suitable for the sport. He had previously tried swimming, football, and equestrian. (radionacional.co, 08 Nov 2019; 90minutos.co, 12 Jul 2016; elespectador.com, 13 Dec 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (senalcolombia.tv, 17 Dec 2019)

Winning gold in the T38 400m at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (dxtcapital.com, 21 Oct 2018)

US sprinter Michael Johnson. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

His family. (Senal Colombia Deportes Facebook page, 13 Dec 2019)

"Being an elite athlete, rather than being difficult, is a decision. It's my job and that's why I always get up loving what I do and wanting to be the best." (colombiadeportiva.co, 21 Dec 2016)

In 2015 he was named Para Athlete of the Year in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. (elpais.com.co, 15 Jun 2016)