Sherman Guity (born 3 December 1996) is a

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

Paralympic athlete The Paralympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. As of 2020, the Summer Paralympics included 22 sports and 539 medal events, and the Winter Paralympics include 5 sports and disciplines and about ...

. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T64 event 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 ...

held in Tokyo, Japan. This was the first medal won by a competitor representing

Costa Rica at the Paralympics Costa Rica made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending just two representatives to compete in men's track and field. Absent in 1996, it returned in 2000, and has participated in every edition of the Summer ...

. He also won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres T64 event.

Career

He was banned from 23 July 2019 to 22 July 2021 after testing positive for a banned substance. This meant that he could not compete at the

2019 Parapan American Games The 2019 Parapan American Games ( es, Juegos Parapanamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, was an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, ...

in Lima, Peru and the

2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 15 November 2019 ...

in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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* Living people 1996 births Place of birth missing (living people) Paralympic athletes for Costa Rica Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Parapan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Costa Rica Paralympic silver medalists for Costa Rica Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Costa Rican male sprinters Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games 21st-century Costa Rican people {{CostaRica-athletics-bio-stub