ROMERO Florencia Belen

Date of Birth: 29 May 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F11

Place of birth: BUENOS AIRES

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : ARGENTINA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Shot Put - F12	11
	Women's Discus Throw - F11	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Standing - Standing Discus	Women's Discus Throw - F11 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Standing Shot Put	Women's Shot Put - F12 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
7	Discus Throw - F11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	25.69
World Championships
5	Discus Throw - F11	2017	London, GBR	27.72
8	Discus Throw - F11	2019	Dubai, UAE	26.58
8	Discus Throw - F11	2015	Doha, QAT	24.08
12	Shot Put - F12	2015	Doha, QAT	8.48
13	Shot Put - F12	2019	Dubai, UAE	8.99

Flor (Instagram profile, 12 May 2020)

Studying languages, dance. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019; argentina.gob.ar, 24 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education, Language Studies - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese, Spanish

Javier Alvarez [national]

Other sports:

She has competed in swimming at the Evita National Games in Argentina. (paradeportes.com, 24 Aug 2016)

She took up the sport in 2009 in Esquel, Argentina. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

She was invited to take part in a national competition. She opted to compete in swimming but was also told to compete in athletics. "For athletics I understood it was running, so I ran. Then they told me to do long jump and I did, and then I was told to try shot put. I didn't have any idea about it, but that's how I started out in shot put." (Television Publica Argentina, youtube.com, 18 Mar 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 25 May 2020)

She trains at the National High Performance Centre [CENARD] in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (paradeportes.com.ar, 13 Aug 2020)

Finishing seventh in the F11 discus at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and winning F12 shot put silver and F11 discus bronze at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019; paradeportes.com, 13 Aug 2020)

Argentinian athlete German Lauro. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Her family. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"I persevere and I will succeed." (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

In 2014 she was awarded the title of Sport Ambassador in Chubut, Argentina. (elchubut.com.ar, 19 Dec 2014)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 31 Mar 2021)

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

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

Impairment Details
Her vision impairment is the result of retinoblastoma, a form of cancer that affects the retina. (deportesalplato.com, 10 Jan 2018; Athlete, 09 Nov 2019)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has also studied psychology at the University of Buenos Aires [UBA] in Argentina, and for a degree at the Higher Institute for Special Education Teachers. She plans to continue earning degrees to focus on communication with babies following her Para athletics career. "I would like to study for a postgraduate degree in early stimulation, which is working with babies, and for a qualification working with blind and deaf babies, and children with multiple impairments. I think it is important to increase communication and language for them." (paradeportes.com, 24 Aug 2016; argentina.gob.ar, 24 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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