Adrián Paz Velázquez (born 1964) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F53 throwing events. Adrian competed in four Paralympics, firstly in

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where as well as competing in the shot and discus he won the F52 javelin. In

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he moved to the F53 category and won a second javelin title as well as competing in the shot. He returned at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

where he was unable to win a third successive javelin as he was beaten by New Zealand's Peter Martin, both throwing world records in their respective classes. He also threw javelin in the

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but was unable to win a fourth medal.profile on paralympic.org
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References

Living people 1964 births Paralympic athletes of Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Mexico Paralympic silver medalists for Mexico Mexican male javelin throwers Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Wheelchair javelin throwers Paralympic javelin throwers {{Mexico-Paralympic-medalist-stub