TILLNER GALEANO Melissa Nair

Mile, Meli (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Listening to music. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Student

Human Resources, Public Relations

Spanish

Edgar Galeano [national], PAR

In 2021 she was diagnosed with tendinitis in her right knee. She was out of action for seven weeks. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

She took up Para athletics in 2018. She initially trained in distance events before getting involved in sprinting in 2019. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021; independiente.com.py, 26 Jul 2021)

She transitioned from goalball to Para athletics. After beginning athletics, she and her guide Victor Duarte Adorno decided to switch from distance events to sprinting. "We started just for fun in long-distance competitions, and as we were adding successes, we got excited and moved into track events." (theworldnews.net, 01 Jun 2021)

To finish on the podium at the Parapan American Games and the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

She spent 10 months training solely for the 100m ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. She would normally also train for the 200m and 400m events. (Instagram profile, 13 Aug 2021; swissinfo.ch, 09 Aug 2021; theworldnews.net, 01 Sep 2019)

Competing at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Paraguayan heptathlete Ana Camila Pirelli. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Guide Victor Duarte Adorno. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

She makes the sign of the cross before she competes. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

"The world belongs to those who dare." (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

She was flag bearer for Paraguay at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (theworldnews.net, 01 Sep 2019)