Catalina Rosales Montiel is a

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

competing mainly in category F58 throwing events. Catalina's Paralympic games career has spanned four games and 16 years. Her first games came in

1992 Summer Paralympics )( es, Deporte Sin Límites) , nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD) , athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD) , opened_by = Queen Sofía , opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD) , closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD) , even ...

in Barcelona where she competed in the discus, shot and javelin. She was to repeat these events again in

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

this time winning silver in shot put and bronze in discus. These would prove to be her only Paralympic medals as despite competing in all three throws in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and the discus and shot in

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, she failed to add to her medal tally.

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* Paralympic athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Mexico Paralympic bronze medalists for Mexico Living people Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Mexican female shot putters Mexican female discus throwers Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Wheelchair shot putters Wheelchair discus throwers Paralympic shot putters Paralympic discus throwers {{Mexico-Paralympic-medalist-stub