CORAZA CASTANEDA Diana Laura

Date of Birth: 6 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: TLAXCALA

Birth Country:

Mexico

Place of residence : SAN MARTIN TEXMELUCAN DE LABASTIDA

Residence Country:

Mexico

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 400m - T11
	Women's 1500m - T11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 4	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m - T11 Semi-Final 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
8	400m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	59.29
13	200m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	27.18
World Championships
1	Women's 800m T11	2017	London, GBR	2:21.86
2	400m - T11	2017	London, GBR	59.11
5	400m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	1:01.96
9	200m - T11	2015	Doha, QAT	27.87

Occupation:

Language Studies - Madero University, Puebla, MEX

Languages spoken:

Fernando Bravo [national]

Other sports:

She was a member of the Puebla state goalball team that won gold at the 2013 Aguascalientes National Paralympiad in Mexico. She has also played Para football for Topos Puebla. (deporpuebla.blogspot.com.es, 06 Jun 2013; elsoldepuebla.com.mx, 15 Jun 2017)

2014 for Mexico, Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

In 2013 she had a number of injuries that hampered her preparation for the 2013 Aguascalientes National Paralympiad in Mexico. (deporpuebla.blogspot.com.es, 06 Jun 2013)

She took up athletics at age seven in Puebla, Mexico. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

Her father enrolled her in an athletics team. (Sporting Puebla, 01 Mar 2018)

To win a medal at the Paralympic Games. (elpais.com, 29 Dec 2017)

Winning gold in the T11 800m at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (Sporting Puebla, 01 Mar 2018)

US athlete Marla Runyan. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

Her father. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

Philosophy:

"The road to victory starts by winning the race against yourself. The goal is to improve my records." (ministropublico.com, 27 Jul 2015)

In 2017 she received a National Sports Award from the Mexican government. (esto.com.mx, 20 Apr 2018)

She received the 2017 Olmec Wrestler Award from the Mexican Sports Confederation [CODEME]. (laaficion.milenio.com, 20 Apr 2016)

She received the Puebla State Sports Award in 2014 and 2016. (gob.mx, 19 Oct 2016; ultra.com, 26 Nov 2014)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 13 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (playsports.mx, 13 Jun 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Facebook page, 26 Apr 2018)

Impairment Details
She was born with glaucoma and lost her vision at age 12. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017; Facebook page, 26 Apr 2018; elsoldepuebla.com.mx, 08 Mar 2021)

Guide
Jorge Gaspar, Daniel Garcia (jornada.com.mx, 20 Apr 2018; Instagram profile, 01 Jul 2021; elsoldepuebla.com.mx, 08 Mar 2021)

General
BUSINESS
In 2020, she launched Olimpo, an online sports apparel store. "After the cancellation of all the sporting events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I thought about having a plan B because I did not know what would I do in my life. I wanted a job or something, but I knew I did not have the time to do it. So I thought about creating a job and while talking with some friends about my interest in sportswear, I got the idea." (olimposports.com, 2021; Twitter profile, 11 Aug 2021; cronicapuebla.com, 24 Jan 2021)

OTHER ROLES
She served as the director of the Municipal Institute of Sports in the city of Puebla, Mexico, for ten months in 2018 and 2019. (elsoldepuebla.com.mx, 08 Mar 2021; comunicatedigital.com, 15 Aug 2019)

FURTHER STUDIES
She has also studied at the University of the Americas Puebla [UDLAP] in Cholula, Mexico. (Facebook profile, 02 Dec 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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