Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez (born 21 May 1971) is a Paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.

Alegna González
Personal information
NationalityMexican
Born (1971-05-21) 21 May 1971 (age 52)
Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Mexico
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 200 metres – T51
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Marathon – T51
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lille 400m T51
Gold medal – first place 2011 Christchurch 100m T51
Gold medal – first place 2011 Christchurch 200m T51
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lyon 200m T51
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Birmingham 100m T51

Navarro has competed in four Paralympics across two sports. His first sport was athletics where he competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics as a T51 athlete in 200m, 400m and 800m. In 2004 he won the 200m and a bronze medal in the marathon before in 2008 moving to cycling where he competed in the individual time trial for hand cycles class A.[2] In 2012 he appeared in his fourth Paralympics where he finished fourth in the T51 100m sprint at London.

Four years later he eared two medals in Rio 2016: One silver in 400 meters and one bronze in 100 meters.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez" (PDF). CONADE. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ Profile on paralympic.org
  3. ^ "¡Segunda medalla de Navarro!". Sportpsedia.com.mx. Sportpsedia México. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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