Moisés Beristáin

Moisés Beristáin Gutiérrez is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T12 long-distance events.[1]

Moisés Beristáin
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Mexico
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney 10000 metres - T12
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 5000 metres - T12
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Marathon - T12

Biography

Moisés Beristáin competed in three Paralympic games, his first, and most successful in 2000 where he won a gold in the 10000m, silver in the 5000m and bronze in the marathon. Despite competing in the same three events in 2004 and the 10000m and marathon in 2008 he never again won a Paralympic medal.[2] However he continued to compete and won the 2016 Mexico City Marathon.[3]

References
  1. Va Moisés Beristáin por la maratón de Japón…
  2. profile on paralympic.org
  3. "Triunfan Kenia y Lituania en el Maratón CDMX". Sportspedia México. Sportspedia México. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.


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