Salvador Hernandez Mondragon

Mexico

Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Impaired muscle power

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

T52

Further personal information

Family

Son Alan Salvador

Languages

Spanish

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up sport at age 18 at the Centro Deportivo Morelia in Mexico.

Why this sport?

He was invited to join a sports group for people with an impairment in Morelia, Mexico. He initially tried swimming before taking up athletics. "When I got there I thought it was impossible for a person without legs to swim, but they taught me that the biggest obstacle in life is our way of thinking, not our impairment. From there I started to compete at national level and qualified for the Parapan American Games and then the Paralympic Games."

Name of coach

Joel Espinoza [national], MEX

General interest

Nicknames

Chava (1aplana.mx, 22 Aug 2015)

Memorable sporting achievement

Winning two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

Hero / Idol

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2017)

Injuries

He underwent shoulder surgery in February 2019. (quadratin.com.mx, 21 May 2019)

Sporting philosophy / motto

"Impairment is in the mind, not in the body." (rotativodigital.com.mx, 02 Aug 2019)

Awards and honours

He received the Michoacan State Sports Award in 2013, alongside footballer Maria Guadalupe Cruzaley Parra. (michoacan,gob.mx, 22 Nov 2016)

He was presented with the National Sports Award [Premio Nacional del Deporte] in 2002, the highest honour that a Mexican athlete can receive. (quadratindeportes.com.mx, 14 Nov 2012; Athlete, 17 Nov 2010)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sistemamichoacano.tv, 22 Jun 2017)

Impairment

His impairment is due to the effects of polio. He was diagnosed with the illness at age eight months. (razon.com.mx, 10 Sep 2016; milenio.com, 22 Jan 2016; Chic Magazine Laguna, 22 Jan 2016)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 2	6
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	4
Men's 200 m T52	Final Round	7

IPC Athletics World Championships Villeneuve d'Ascq 2002 (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 200 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 200 m T52	Heat 1	1
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 100 m T52	Heat 1	3
Men's 400 m T52	Final Round	3

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 200 m T52	Heat 1	2
Men's 200 m T52	Final Round	2
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 2	5
Men's 400 m T52	Final Round	6

IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m T52	Heat 1	2
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 200 m T52	Heat 2	2
Men's 200 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 1	9999

Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 400 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 1	1
Men's 200 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 200 m T52	Heat 2	1
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	2
Men's 100 m T52	Heat 1	2

Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games (Atlanta, United States of America)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m T51	Final Round	7
Men's 200 m T51	Heat 1	4
Men's 200 m T51	Final Round	5
Men's 400 m T51	Heat 1	2
Men's 400 m T51	Final Round	4
Men's 800 m T51	Heat 2	3
Men's 800 m T51	Final Round	8
Men's 1500 m T51	Final Round	7
Men's Marathon T51	Final Round	10

IPC Athletics World Championships Birmingham 1998 (Birmingham, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 400 m T52	Final Round	1
Men's 200 m T52	Final Round	2

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 200 m T52	Final	2011-01-23	2
Men's 100 m T52	Final	2011-01-24	1
Men's 400 m T52	Final	2011-01-27	5

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m T52	Heat 1	2012-09-02	2
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	2012-09-02	2
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 2	2012-09-03	9999
Men's 200 m T52	Final Round	2012-09-08	3
Men's 200 m T52	Heat 2	2012-09-08	3

IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m T52	Final 1	2013-07-23	2
Men's 200 m T52	Semifinal 1	2013-07-24	6
Men's 200 m T52	Final 1	2013-07-25	5
Men's 400 m T52	Semifinal 2	2013-07-26	5
Men's 400 m T52	Final 1	2013-07-27	4

IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m T52	Final 1	2015-10-27	2
Men's 100 m T52	Heat 1	2015-10-27	5
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 2	2015-10-30	10

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 100 m T52	Heat 2	2016-09-09	2
Men's 100 m T52	Final Round	2016-09-10	3
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 1	2016-09-12	7

World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 400 m T52	Heat 1	2017-07-18	11
Men's 100 m T52	Heat 1	2017-07-22	3
Men's 100 m T52	Final 1	2017-07-22	2