Josefina Cornejo

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Josefina Cornejo
Personal information
Full nameJosefina Cornejo Martínez
NationalityMexican
Sport
Country Mexico
SportParalympic athletics
Medal record
Women's parathletism
Representing  Mexico
Summer Paralympics

Josefina Cornejo Martínez[1] is a Mexican retired Paralympic athlete that won 14 medals at the Summer Paralympics. She represented Mexico in the 1976 Summer Paralympics, where she won four gold and two silver medals, and in the 1980 Summer Paralympics, where she won four gold, three silver, and one bronze medals. She competed in parathletism, paraswimming and para table tennis events. She was included in Hall of Fame of the Mexican Sports Confederation in 1983.[2]

Medals[]

Medal Games Sport Event
 Gold 1976 Toronto Athletics Women's 60m 1A
 Gold 1976 Toronto Athletics Women's club throw 1A
 Gold 1976 Toronto Athletics Women's discus throw 1A
 Gold 1976 Toronto Athletics Women's pentathlon 1A
 Gold 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's − 60m 1A
 Gold 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's − club throw 1A
 Gold 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's − discus throw 1A
 Gold 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's − shot put 1A
 Silver 1976 Toronto Swimming Women's 25m backstroke 1A
 Silver 1976 Toronto Athletics Women's precision club throw 1A-1B
 Silver 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's − slalom 1A
 Silver 1980 Arnhem Swimming Women's − 25m backstroke 1A
 Silver 1980 Arnhem Swimming Women's − 25m freestyle 1A
 Bronze 1980 Arnhem Table tennis Women's − singles 1A

References[]

  1. ^ López, Alfonso. "Dos mujeres de paratletismo son las máximas medallistas de México, en Juegos Paralímpicos". Instituto Mexicano de la Radio. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ Maldonado Tello, Analí (12 July 2018). "10 atletas paraolímpicos mexicanos que debes conocer". Atletas Latinoamérica (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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