LOPEZ DIAZ Diego

13 Nov 1994
26
Male
SM3,S3
XALAPA
 
Mexico
XALAPA
 
Mexico

Events and Medals

Schedule

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Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
550m Backstroke - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA40.26
10200m Freestyle - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA2:59.82
13100m Freestyle - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:27.89
1550m Freestyle - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA41.22
World Championships
150m Freestyle - S32019London, GBR43.51
1200m Freestyle - S32019London, GBR3:21.69
150m Backstroke - S32019London, GBR44.42
1150m Individual Medley - SM32019London, GBR2:57.61
150m Backstroke - S32017Mexico City, MEX46.38
250m Freestyle - S32017Mexico City, MEX39.70
2200m Freestyle - S32017Mexico City, MEX3:19.85
34x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2017Mexico City, MEX2:44.63
550m Breaststroke - SB22017Mexico City, MEX1:28.06
8200m Freestyle - S52015Glasgow, GBR2:59.49
850m Backstroke - S52015Glasgow, GBR43.45
9100m Freestyle - S52015Glasgow, GBR1:24.83
1050m Freestyle - S52015Glasgow, GBR38.48
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The Missile (esto.com.mx, 29 Jun 2020)
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Athlete
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Sports Management - Anahuac University, Mexico City, MEX
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Spanish
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Veracruz State [Mexico]
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Fernando Gutierrez Velez [national], MEX
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2015 for Mexico, in United States (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)
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He suffered a fractured finger during the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. He competed with the injury at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (xalapa.gob.mx, 30 Aug 2015)
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He began swimming in 1998 in Xalapa, Mexico. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)
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His parents both studied physical education and enjoyed sport, so he was encouraged to be active from a young age. (alcalordeportivo.com.mx, 01 Jan 2015)
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He trains at the Mexican National Paralympic Training Centre [CEPAMEX] in Mexico City. (gob.mx, 09 Jul 2020)
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Finishing fifth in the S5 50m backstroke at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)
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Mexican Para swimmer Arnulfo Castorena. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2017)
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"The greatest pleasure in life is doing something that you were told you were not capable of." (Twitter profile, 26 Mar 2013)
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He received the 2019 National Sports Award in recognition of his achievements at the 2019 World Championships in London, England, and the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (veracruz.gob.mx, 08 Nov 2019)

In 2018 he received the Veracruz State Sports Award in Mexico. (eldemocrata.com, 27 Dec 2018; masnoticias.mx, 22 Nov 2018)

He received the 2017 Veracruz State Youth Award in Mexico. (Facebook profile, 30 Aug 2018)

In 2017 a sports centre was named in his honour in Xalapa, Mexico. (dpoderapoder.mx, 14 Apr 2017; Comunicacion Social Xalapa YouTube channel, 11 Feb 2017)

General Interest

Classification
S3, SB2, SM3 (IPC, 03 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (estema.com.mx, 04 Mar 2016)

Impairment Details
At age eight he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a condition that affects the peripheral nervous system. (estema.com.mx, 04 Mar 2016)

General
COMPETING WITH INJURY
During the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, he fractured a finger on his right hand after hitting the wall too hard. He continued competing at the event, and then went on to claim three medals with his finger in a splint at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. "Doctors said I could not compete, but I wanted to finish the world championships. I swam my last event anyway and finished eighth. I put up with the pain because pain is temporary, but glory is eternal. Once I was standing on the podium [in Toronto] I forgot all the pain." (xalapa.gob.mx, 30 Aug 2015)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Silver Medal
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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