Moisés Beristáin Gutiérrez 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 T12 long-distance events.

Biography

Moisés Beristáin competed in three Paralympic games, his first, and most successful in

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where he won a gold in the 10000m, silver in the 5000m and bronze in the marathon. Despite competing in the same three events in

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and the 10000m and marathon in

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he never again won a Paralympic medal. However he continued to compete and won the 2016

Mexico City Marathon The Mexico City Marathon ( es, Maratón Internacional de la Ciudad de México) is an annual road running event over the marathon distance which is held on the streets of Mexico City in late August or early September that in 2018 received IAAF ...

References

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