FLORES Luis

Date of Birth: 30 Oct 1987

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 2

Place of birth: LINARES

Birth Country:

Chile

Place of residence : SANTIAGO

Residence Country:

Chile

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Class 4-5 CHI Chile	5
	Men's Singles - Class 2	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Men's Singles - Class 2 Group F #12 CHI FLORES LFLORES Luis Sport Class: 2 3 SVK LUDROVSKY MLUDROVSKY Martin Sport Class: 2 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Men's Singles - Class 2 Group F #18 CHI FLORES LFLORES Luis Sport Class: 2 3 THA CHUEAWONG TCHUEAWONG Thirayu Sport Class: 2 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Men's Singles - Class 2 Round of 16 #25 CHI FLORES LFLORES Luis Sport Class: 2 2 UKR YEZYK OYEZYK Oleksandr Sport Class: 2 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Men's Team - Classes 4-5 Quarterfinal 2 #5 CHI Chile 0 CHN China 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
13	Singles - Class 2	2018	Lasko, SLO

Lucho (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Listening to music, watching TV series. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Club Macul [Santiago, CHI]

Francisco Carrasco [national], CHI

He took up the sport in 2014 in Talca, Chile. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

He initially took up tennis as part of his rehabilitation, but switched to table tennis as it was easier to combine with his studies. (losfanaticos.cl, 06 Sep 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (losfanaticos.cl, 05 Apr 2021)

Winning two silver medals at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Coach Francisco Carrasco. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

He listens to music to help him focus ahead of a compeition. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"The help of other people is very important, but it depends on you to achieve the goals. If you want something you have to go after it and fight for it in any way you can." (losfanaticos.cl, 06 Sep 2019)

"Always fight to achieve better results." (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

He was named Athlete of the Month for June 2019 and January 2020 by the Americas Paralympic Committee. (eldeportero.cl, 19 Feb 2020; losfanaticos.cl, 18 Jul 2019)

General Interest

Classification
TT2 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (losfanaticos.cl, 06 Sep 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (losfanaticos.cl, 06 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
He sustained a spinal cord injury while playing football at age 19. (losfanaticos.cl, 06 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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