Hector Alejandro Garcia Gomez

Type of Impairment

Limb deficiency

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

T42, F42

Occupation

Student

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up the sport in 2013.

Why this sport?

He was encouraged to take up athletics by a coach who used to play in the same amputee football team as him.

Name of coach

Jorge Alberto Gonzalez [club]

Training Regime

He trains up to three hours a day.

Nicknames

Flaco [Skinny]. (horaceronl.com, 28 Nov 2016)

Famous relatives

He has played amputee football at national level. (horaceronl.com, 28 Nov 2016)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (horaceronl.com, 28 Nov 2016)

Impairment

He was born without a tibia [shin bone] in his right leg, which resulted in limb being amputated below the knee. (horacero.com.mx, 30 Nov 2016)

Biography