Estefany Gisela López Macas (born 31 January 1992) is an Ecuadorian

para-athlete Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair rac ...

specializing in throwing events:

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

and

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

. She represented Ecuador at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

López competed at the

2023 World Para Athletics Championships The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was the 10th edition of the event and was held in the Charlety St ...

and won a bronze medal in the discus throw F41 event with an America's record of 30.27 metres. In May 2024, she competed at the

2024 World Para Athletics Championships The 2024 World Para Athletics Championships was a para-athletics meet organized by the World Para Athletics, the respective sport branch of the International Paralympic Committee. This was the 11th edition of the event and was held at Kobe Univ ...

and won a bronze medal in the discus throw F41 event.

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* Living people 1992 births Ecuadorian female discus throwers Ecuadorian female shot putters Paralympic athletes for Ecuador Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic bronze medalists for Ecuador Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Parapan American Games gold medalists for Ecuador {{Ecuador-athletics-bio-stub