Gustavo Sánchez Martínez

Gustavo Sánchez Martínez^[a] (born 3 May 1994)^[1] is a Mexican competitive swimmer, born without left hand and both legs, who won four medals for Mexico at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He competed in five events, 50m freestyle (5th place), 100m freestyle (1st place), 200m freestyle (1st place), 150m medley (2nd place), 50m backstroke (3rd place). Gustavo became well known at World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2010, where he won three bronze medals. His biggest rivals in the pools are David Smetanine from France and Richard Oribe from Spain.^[2]

Gustavo Sánchez

Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Ramón Sánchez Martínez
Born	3 May 1994 (1994-05-03) (age 30) Mexico City, Mexico
Medal record Men's para swimming Representing  Mexico Paralympic Games 2012 London 100 m freestyle S4 2012 London 200 m freestyle S4 2012 London 150 m medley SM4 2012 London 50 m backstroke S4 IPC World Championships 2013 Montreal 200 m freestyle S4 2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle S4 2013 Montreal 100 m freestyle S4 2013 Montreal 50 m backstroke S4 2013 Montreal 50 m butterfly S4 2010 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle S4 2010 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle S4 2010 Eindhoven 200 m freestyle S4 Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 50m freestyle S4 2011 Guadalajara 50m breaststroke SB3 2015 Toronto 50 m freestyle S4 2015 Toronto 100m freestyle S4 2015 Toronto 50m breaststroke SB3 2019 Lima 50m freestyle S4 2019 Lima 100m freestyle S4 2019 Lima 50m breaststroke SB3 2019 Lima 50m butterfly S4 2015 Toronto 50m backstroke S4 2019 Lima 200m freestyle S5 2019 Lima 50m backstroke S4 2011 Guadalajara 100m freestyle S5 2011 Guadalajara 200m freestyle S5

At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, his five swim finals resulted in no medals.^[3]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.