Esther Rivera Robles (born 30 July 1964 in

Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregón is a city in southern Sonora. It is the state's second largest city after Hermosillo and serves as the municipal seat of Cajeme, as of 2020, the city has a population of 436,484. Ciudad Obregón is south of the state's norther ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

) is a Mexican Paralympian

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 ...

competing mainly in javelin events. Robles was the gold medalist in the Women's F33/34/52/53 javelin in 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 ...

in Athens. She attempted to defend this title in Beijing in

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but was ultimately unsuccessful coming away with nothing. At the

2007 Parapan American Games The 2007 Parapan American Games, officially the III Parapan American Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan American Games as governed by the Americas Paraly ...

, Robles set the world record for the F53 class in javelin with a distance of 11.87 m.

References

External links

profile on paralympic.org
1964 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Mexico Sportspeople from Ciudad Obregón Mexican female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Mexico World record holders in para-athletics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games 21st-century Mexican women {{Mexico-Paralympic-medalist-stub