José de Jesús Castillo is a Mexican

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 ...

powerlifter. He participated at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in the

powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effor ...

competition, being awarded the

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in the men's 97 kg event. De Jesús Castillo also competed in the powerlifting at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

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* Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Mexican male weightlifters Powerlifters at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Powerlifters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in powerlifting Paralympic bronze medalists for Mexico Paralympic powerlifters for Mexico 21st-century Mexican people {{Mexico-Paralympic-medalist-stub