LEDESMA Agustin

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: WT

Place of birth: BUENOS AIRES

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : BERAZATEGUI

Residence Country:

Argentina

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Men's Singles	33
	Men's Doubles ARG Fernandez / Ledesma	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
2nd on Court 3	Ariake Tennis Park Court 3	Men's Singles First Round ESP de la PUENTE Mde la PUENTE Martin Sport Class: WT 6 6 ARG LEDESMA ALEDESMA Agustin Sport Class: WT 1 1	Finished
2nd on Court 3	Ariake Tennis Park Court 3	Men's Doubles Second Round ARG Fernandez / Ledesma 6 2 6 JPN Arai / Miki 2 6 3	Finished
3rd on Court 3	Ariake Tennis Park Court 3	Men's Doubles Quarterfinal ARG Fernandez / Ledesma 1 6 5 NED Egberink / Scheffers 6 3 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
QF	Doubles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R32	Doubles	2012	London, GBR
R64	Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R64	Singles	2012	London, GBR
ParaPan American Games
WR	Doubles	2019	Lima, PER
RU	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

Going to the movies, watching TV series. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Centro Asturiano [Buenos Aires, ARG]

Javier Zubiri [national] ARG

Right (itftennis.com, 23 Feb 2020)

2006 for Argentina Against Diego Perez, CHI, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Athlete, 12 Aug 2016)

He began the sport in 2005 at age 11 at the National Centre of High Performance Athletics [CeNARD] in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021; resumensports.com, 16 Sep 2018)

A friend invited him to try the sport. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

To be among the top 10 players in the world. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

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

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 28 Jul 2016)

Philosophy:

"No pain, no gain." (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
Open (ITF, 24 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Impaired range of motion (Athlete, 28 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 28 Jul 2016)

General
TEENAGE CAREER
The demands of professional tennis took a toll on him when he was playing as a teenager, resulting in him having a few years away from the sport. "I played until I was 18, my best moment and I decided to quit. I got tired and I didn't want to hear anything about tennis or travelling. Being away from the family and friends and not being able to go out at that age really can isolate you. Sport is really demanding in regards to time. I didn't compete for three years. The strange thing is that I quit, but I became a tennis instructor. I always had a connection with tennis, competing or not. At age 21 I returned and got to number 18 in the world. I thought it was going to be more difficult because I was overweight and out of shape. Since then I've been getting better every day. There's still a lot to improve and I have to take advantage of each moment." (resumensports.com, 16 Sep 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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