Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Ecuador competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[1][2]

Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ECU
NPC	Ecuadorian Paralympic Sport Federation
in Tokyo
Competitors	4 in 1 sports
Flag bearer	Kiara Rodriguez & Darwin Castro
Medals Ranked 56th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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On 29 August 2021, the country won its first two Paralympic medals in its Paralympics history through Mendez sister Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez and Anaís Méndez^[3]

Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez won Ecuador's first Paralympic gold medal with a new world record of 14.39 in the women's F20 shot put event during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[4] Coincidentally, her sister Anaís Méndez also won bronze medal in the same discipline making it a rare instance of athletes coming from same family who go on to win medals in a same competition. Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez won Ecuador's first ever gold medal in Paralympics history while her younger sister Anaís Méndez won Ecuador's first ever bronze medal in Paralympics history.^[3] Prior to the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Ecuador had never won a Paralympic medal.^[5]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez	Athletics	Women's shot put F20	29 August
Bronze	Anais Mendez	Athletics	Women's shot put F20	29 August
Bronze	Kiara Rodriguez	Athletics	Women's long jump T47	3 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Four Ecuadorian athletes (Damian Josue Carcelen Delgado, Anderson Alexander Colorado Mina, Roberto Carlos Chala Espinoza & Kiara Rodriguez) successfully broke through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit.^[6]

DQ: Disqualified | SB: Season Best | Q: Qualified by place or standard based on overall position after heats | DNM: Did not mark | DNA: Did not advance | N/A: Not available, stage was not contested | PB: Personal Best | WR: World Record | PR: Paralympic Record | AR: Area Record

Track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darwin Castro Guides: Diego Arévalo (1500 & 5000 metres), Sebastian Rosero (5000 metres)	1500 m T11	4:13.74	2 Q	4:10.24 PB	5
	5000 m T11	N/A		15:49.60	6
Anderson Colorado	Men's 400m T20	48.89 SB	3 Q	48.58 SB	6
Damián Carcelen		49.35 SB	3 Q	49.02 SB	8
Kiara Rodriguez	Women's 100m T47	12.54 PB	4 q	12.55	6

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Roberto Chala	Men's long jump T20	7.16 AR	8
Jordi Congo	Men's shot put F20	DNS
Damián Carcelen		7.46 PR	10
Poleth Méndes	Women's shot put F20	14.39 WR
Anaís Méndez		14.06 PB
Kiara Rodriguez	Men's long jump T20	5.63 AR

See also

• Ecuador at the Paralympics
• Ecuador at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
2. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
3. "Super Sunday sees a new fastest Paralympian and Ecuador's first gold". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
4. "Athletics - Women's Shot Put - F20 Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
5. "Paralympic History for #ECU Before Today, Ecuador Had Never Won a Paralympic ... - Latest Tweet by Paralympic Games | 🏆 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
6. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.