Amalia Pérez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Amalia Pérez

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1973

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Profession: athlete

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Amalia Pérez

  • Amalia Pérez Vásquez (b.
  • 10 July 1977) is a Mexican powerlifter in the 44 kilograms (97 lb) - 60 kilograms (130 lb) bracket.
  • She has five times been a Paralympic champion and is the only powerlifter in the world to have Paralympic champion in three divisions.Pérez has been a member of the Mexican delegation to the Paralympic Games since 2000.
  • It was her participation of 2000 Summer Paralympics that won Pérez her first silver medal in the 52 kilograms (115 lb) powerlifting event, and she would again win a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, but this time in the 48 kilograms (106 lb) event.
  • At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Pérez won her first gold medal in the 52kg event and surpass the Pan-American record with a lifted weight of 127.5 kilograms (281 lb).
  • She would do this again four years later at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, this time with a lifted weight of 135.5 kilograms (299 lb).At the continental level, Pérez won a gold medal Parapan Games 2007 in Rio de Janeiro in the 52kg event and broke the world Paralympic powerlifting record with 130.5 kilograms (288 lb) on 14 August 2007.
  • At the 2011 Parapan American Games held in Guadalajara, she received the gold medal in the women's 44kg - 60kg event.In 2008, Pérez received the National Mexican Sports Award.

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