Mexico made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, with a delegation of seven athletes competing in track and field, swimming, weightlifting and wheelchair fencing. It has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, and made its Winter Paralympics debut in 2006.Mexico at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Mexican Paralympians have won a total of 328 medals, of which 107 are gold, 98 silver and 123 bronze,Mexico - 2012 Paralympic - London 2012 placing the Top-30 on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. Although Mexicans did not win any medals at the 1972 Games, they swept up sixteen gold (fifteen in athletics, one in swimming) in 1976, along with fourteen silver and nine bronze, and continued to win medals during every subsequent edition of the Summer Games.Mexico at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Among the most successful Mexican Paralympians, Josefina Cornejo won four gold medals in track and field at the 1976 Games, reiterating that result four years later. Runner Juana Soto also took four gold medals in 1980, as did Leticia Torres in 1988.Mexico at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Mexican delegations at the Winter Games, by contrast, have been small (one competitor in 2006, two in 2010, and one each from 2014 to 2026), and have not won any medals.Mexico at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Medals

Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesTotalRank by gold medalsRank by total medals 1960 Rome Did not participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel-Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 7 0 0 0 0 1976 Toronto 32 16 14 9 39 12 13 1980 Arnhem 28 20 16 6 42 9 12 1984 New York /          Stoke Mandeville 54 6 14 17 37 25 20 1988 Seoul 34 8 9 7 24 24 25 1992 Barcelona 19 0 1 10 11 46 25 1996 Atlanta 38 3 5 4 12 31 31 2000 Sydney 77 10 12 12 34 17 15 2004 Athens 77 14 10 10 34 15 14 2008 Beijing 67 10 3 7 20 14 20 2012 London 81 6 4 11 21 23 18 2016 Rio de Janeiro 71 4 2 9 15 29 25 2020 Tokyo 60 7 2 13 22 20 18 2024 Paris 67 3 6 8 17 30 23 2028 Los Angeles Future event 2032 Brisbane Future event Total 641 107 98 123 328 22 20

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesTotalRank 1976-2002 Did not participate 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0 - 2010 Vancouver 2 0 0 0 0 - 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 0 0 - 2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0 - 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 - 2026 Milan-Cortina 1 0 0 0 0 - 2030 French Alps Future event 2034 Utah Future event Total 7 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Archery 1 0 0 1 Athletics 69 70 71 210 Judo 3 1 3 7 Powerlifting 4 3 10 17 Swimming 29 20 35 84 Table Tennis 0 2 1 3 Taekwondo 1 1 1 3 Weightlifting 0 1 1 2 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 107 98 123 328

Medals by Winter Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Total 0 0 0 0

Multi-medalists Mexican athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five or more medals of any colour. No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Josefina Cornejo1976-19802F851142Juana Soto1980-19924F833144Martha Gustafson1976-19802F660124Doramitzi González2000-20165F533115Juan Ignacio Reyes2000-20165M51176Leticia Torres1988-20045F427137Amalia Pérez2000-20247F42178Arnulfo Castorena2000-2004, 2012, 2020-20245M42179Patricia Valle2000-20165F4161110Salvador Hernández1996-2016, 20247M332811Mauro Máximo de Jesús1996-20125M231612Saúl Mendoza1988-20086M2136

See also Mexico at the Olympics

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