Arly Aristides Velásquez Peñaloza (born August 17, 1988) is a

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who represented Mexico at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, along with teammate Armando Ruiz. Velasquez broke his back in a mountain biking accident in 2001. After trying many wheelchair sports, such as shot put, wheelchair basketball and tennis, he discovered the sport of mono-skiing. Mono-skiing is similar to skiing for able-bodied however, athletes sit on a single ski with crutch-like ski poles using their hips to make turns. Velásquez also represented Mexico at the

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Winter Paralympics.

Biography

At 13 years of age, Velásquez suffered an accident that left him with broken vertebrae and an irreversible spinal cord injury. He was informed he would never walk again and would be bedridden for the rest of his life. Despite his accident, at age 15 he attempted several wheelchair sports, such as shot put, wheelchair basketball, wheel chair javelin and swimming, before discovering the sport of mono-skiing. Velásquez pursued film studies in Argentina.

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Arly Velasquez Penaloza at the official website of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
* Paralympic alpine skiers for Mexico Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Living people Mexican male alpine skiers 1988 births 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{paralympics-stub