Matilde Estefania Alcazar Figueroa

Mexico

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

S11, SB11, SM11

Further personal information

Residence

Mexico City, MEX

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

English, Spanish

Higher education

Psychology - National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM]: Mexico City, MEX

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She began swimming at age three. She took up Para sport at age nine in Mexico City, Mexico.

Why this sport?

She was involved in athletics and goalball when she was younger, but she decided to focus on swimming because she liked the individual aspect of the sport. "I started to compete and I liked the adrenaline."

Name of coach

Ulises Menendez [national]

General interest

Nicknames

Maty (Athlete, 25 Oct 2011)

Memorable sporting achievement

Competing at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Chingones Mx YouTube channel, 04 May 2022)

Most influential person in career

Her parents. (Chingones Mx YouTube channel, 04 May 2022)

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Success is for everybody, but it has to be built every single day." (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

Awards and honours

She received the 2019 Mexico City State Sports Award in recognition of her achievements during the period from 11 October 2018 to 10 October 2019. (unamglobal.unam.mx, 05 Nov 2019)

She has received the 'Luchador Olmeca' Award as an Outstanding Athlete of the Visually Impaired Sports National Federation in Mexico. (codeme.com.mx, 19 Apr 2018)

Impairment

She was born with strabismus, a condition that means the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. She also has the degenerative condition, cone dystrophy. (Chingones Mx YouTube channel, 04 May 2022; deporte.org.mx, 19 Mar 2015)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 400 m Freestyle S12	Heat 2	2012-08-30	6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heat 2	2012-09-03	7
Women's 100 m Backstroke S12	Heat 2	2012-09-05	6
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 1	2012-09-08	6