ACEITUNO Herbert

El Salvador

Powerlifting

Date of Birth: 1 Nov 1985

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Sport Class: PWL

Place of birth: SAN SALVADOR

Birth Country:

El Salvador

Place of residence : EL SALVADOR

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Powerlifting	Men's -59 kg	3

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo International Forum	Men's -59 kg Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
NoM	-72 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	NoM
World Championships
6	-65 kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ	179.0
8	-65 kg	2017	Mexico City, MEX	165.0

Nickname:

Kike (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Hobbies:

Playing video games. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Computing

Languages spoken:

Spanish

Coach:

Jorge Ernesto Lopez Zamora [national], ESA

Debut:

2016 for El Salvador, World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Athlete, 22 May 2019)

Injuries:

He has sustained wrist and shoulder injuries during his career. (Athlete, 22 May 2019)

He fractured his right ankle at age 10. (Athlete, 05 Sep 2016)

Start:

He took up the sport at age 23 in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Reason:

He was encouraged to try the sport by a friend, and he also wanted to improve his health. "I have always liked lifting weights." (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021; elmetropolitanodigital.com, 04 Nov 2018)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the Paralympic Games. (elmetropolitanodigital.com, 04 Nov 2018)

Memorable:

Winning gold in the 65kg category at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (laprensagrafica.com, 05 Sep 2019)

Hero:

Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2017)

Influence:

His father. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Disability is in the mind, not the body." (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Award:

He was voted Best Male Athlete at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, in a public poll organised by the Americas Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.org, 11 Oct 2019)

He was flag bearer for El Salvador at the opening ceremony of both the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (informatvx.com, 29 Aug 2019; myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Short stature (Athlete, 22 May 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 22 May 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with achondroplasia and is a person of short stature. He was also born with hydrocephalus. "Doctors told my mother that I would only live three months." (Athlete, 22 May 2019, 05 Dec 2017; elmetropolitanodigital.com, 04 Nov 2018)

General
TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER
His father Gilberto passed away in July 2020 after contracting the COVID-19 virus. "The loss of my father was a difficult process to assimilate. I'm always going to think about him. I'm going to keep fighting, I made him the promise that I would always have him in my mind and in my heart." (indes.gob.sv, 23 Feb 2021; diario1.com, 02 Jul 2020; Athlete, 22 May 2019)

Milestones

He became the first powerlifter from El Salvador to compete at the Paralympic Games when he took part in the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 May 2017; laprensagrafica.com, 12 May 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/heal.jah

Legend

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

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