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Place of Birth: Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
About Arly Velásquez
- Arly Velásquez is a Paralympian 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 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics.
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