CASTILLO CASTILLO Jose de Jesus

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	-97 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	229
4	-90 kg	2008	Beijing, CHN	200.0
NoM	-90 kg	2012	London, GBR	NoM
World Championships
1	-107 kg	2017	Mexico City, MEX	236.0
3	-107 kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ	235.0
3	-88 kg	2014	Dubai, UAE	220.0
4	-90 kg	2010	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	210.0
9	-100 kg	2006	Busan, KOR	180.0
10	Mixed Team	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ	214.07

Chuy, Hercules (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Listening to music. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Athlete

University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Wife Mayra, one son [2019]

English, Spanish

Jalisco State [Mexico]

Mayra Perez Hernandez [wife], MEX, from 2011

His wife Mayra Perez Hernandez has served as his coach. (mugsnoticias.com.mx, 02 Jul 2020; Athlete, 19 Jul 2019)

He sustained a right shoulder injury while competing at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The injury did not prevent him from competing at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, where he won gold in the 107kg category. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021; mugsnoticias.com.mx, 01 Sep 2019)

He began powerlifting at age 17 in 2001 in Zapopan, Mexico. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2019, 25 Aug 2021)

He was inspired to take up the sport after watching a documentary about athletes competing at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. "It is the best discipline." (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017, 25 Aug 2021; informador.com.mx, 17 Aug 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (gob.mx, 01 Jul 2020)

Winning bronze in the 97kg category at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and claiming gold in the 107kg category at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

Mexican footballer Ramon Ramirez. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

He concentrates and shouts before attempting a lift. (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

"Falling is allowed, getting up is mandatory." (Athlete, 25 Aug 2021)

In 2018 he received the Mexican National Sports Award in the Para sport category. (gob.mx, 07 Nov 2018)

In 2018 he received the Jalisco State Sports Award in the Para sport category. (lider919.com, 17 Oct 2018)

In 2017 and 2018 he was named Americas Para Athlete of the Year by the Americas Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.org, 31 Jan 2019; insidethegames.biz, 04 Feb 2018)

In 2015 he was presented with a sports merit award for the seventh time by the city council of Guadalajara in Mexico. (notisistema.com, 16 Dec 2015; informador.com.mx, 05 Jan 2011)