RINCON NARVAEZ Miguel Angel

Date of Birth: 31 Mar 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: SB4,S5

Place of birth: BUCARAMANGA

Birth Country:

Colombia

Place of residence : BUCARAMANGA

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 200m Freestyle - S5
	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB4	7
	Men's 50m Butterfly - S5
	Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points COL Colombia

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Freestyle - S5 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Butterfly - S5 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB4 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB4 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	100m Breaststroke - SB4	2019	London, GBR	1:52.14
10	100m Breaststroke - SB5	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:58.44

Mascara (Facebook profile, 05 Aug 2019)

Listening to music, playing video games, motorcycling. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Personal Trainer

Languages spoken:

Colombia sin Limites [Bucaramanga, COL]

Luis Carlos Calderon Fuentes [national], COL, from 2016

He took up the sport in 2007 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

His mother had a taxi driver friend whose husband had been helped by swimming to recover from a similar impairment and he decided to try swimming too. "It was all because of my obsession to walk again. I started swimming and it improved my ability to move. It makes me feel free." (elespectador.com, 19 Aug 2020; Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 13 Jul 2019)

Winning four silver and two bronze medals at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jun 2021; lima2019.pe, 15 Sep 2019; Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

British swimmer Adam Peaty. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Coach Luis Carlos Calderon Fuentes. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Life is challenging, and we have to experience challenges because experiences are the only thing we have left in life. Fight for what you want because nobody is going to fight for you." (colombia.com, 16 Nov 2017)

General Interest

Classification
S5, SB4, SM5 (IPC, 21 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (elespectador.com, 19 Aug 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (colombia.com, 16 Nov 2017)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of a firearm accident at age nine after he had found a gun at home. "I took it and at that moment, without knowing how, I shot myself in the chest and the bullet came out of my back." (elespectador.com, 19 Aug 2020; colombia.com, 16 Nov 2017)

General
FURTHER STUDIES
He has studied for a personal trainer qualification. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/miguel.rincon.792
Facebook Profile 2: https://www.facebook.com/miguel.rincon.16
https://instagram.com/miguelangelrincondeportista_/

Legend

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

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