Cristian Valenzuela

Cristian Exequiel Valenzuela Guzmán (born 28 April 1983) is a visually impaired Paralympian with congenital glaucoma.[1] He competed for Chile at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2] He won his country's first Paralympic medal, gold, in the men's 5,000 metres T11 with a time of 15:26.26. His guide was Cristopher Guajardo.[3]

Cristian Valenzuela

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Chile
Summer Paralympics
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 5000m T11
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 ChristchurchMarathon T11
Gold medal – first place2013 LyonMarathon T11
Gold medal – first place2015 Doha5000m T11
Silver medal – second place2013 Lyon1500m T11
Silver medal – second place2013 Lyon5000m T11
Silver medal – second place2015 Doha1500m T11
Silver medal – second place2017 London5000m T11
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place2015 Toronto5000m T11
Bronze medal – third place2015 Toronto1500m T11

References
  1. "This is Chile". Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  2. IPC bio
  3. "Canada's Valerie Grand'Maison wins Paralympic Games gold in the pool". The Globe and Mail. 2012-09-07. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18.
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