CATALDO Alexander

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 16 Jan 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: WT

Place of birth: ANTOFAGASTA

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
Wheelchair Tennis	Men's Singles	17
	Men's Doubles CHI Cataldo / Sepulveda	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 5	Men's Singles Second Round NED SPAARGAREN RSPAARGAREN Ruben Sport Class: WT 6 6 CHI CATALDO ACATALDO Alexander Sport Class: WT 2 3	Finished
2nd on Court 5	Ariake Tennis Park Court 5	Men's Doubles Second Round CHI Cataldo / Sepulveda 1 5 NED Anker / Spaargaren 6 7	Finished
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 8	Men's Singles First Round CHI CATALDO ACATALDO Alexander Sport Class: WT 6 6 SRI DHARMASENA DSRDHARMASENA D S R Sport Class: WT 3 4	Finished
4th on Court 8	Ariake Tennis Park Court 8	Men's Doubles First Round POL Fabisiak / Jaroszewski 3 6 3 CHI Cataldo / Sepulveda 6 4 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
ParaPan American Games
SF	Doubles	2019	Lima, PER
QF	Singles	2019	Lima, PER

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Video games, watching the Chilean national football team. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Son Martin [2016]

Languages spoken:

Aldo Alvarez Sanhueza [personal]

Right (tenischile.com, 05 Jun 2017)

He took up the sport at age 10 in Antofagasta, Chile. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

He began playing the sport for rehabilitation. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

To be the number one player n the world. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Winning bronze in doubles at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Coach Jorge Morales. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"With eyes looking at the sky, but with feet on the ground." (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

In 2019 he was presented with an Award of Recognition by the Ministry of Sports in Chile. (Instagram profile, 19 Dec 2019)

In 2018 and 2019 he was named Best Male Paralympic Tennis Player of the Year by the Circle of Sports Journalists [CPD] in Chile. (radiosport.cl, 13 Dec 2019; Instagram profile, 21 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
Open (ITF, 17 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (tenischile.com, 05 Jun 2017)

Impairment Details
He has hemiparesis [weakness] on the left side of his body as the result of vascular trauma he sustained at age two. (tenischile.com, 05 Jun 2017)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied to become a legal service officer at the AIEP Institution in Antofagasta, Chile. (aiep.cl, 10 Jun 2016; elpensador2.cl, 05 Jul 2017)

Social Media

Legend

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

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