María de los Ángeles Ortiz

María de los Ángeles Ortiz

Ortiz at London 2012 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	María de los Ángeles Ortiz Hernández
Born	18 February 1973 (1973-02-18) (age 51) Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico
Medal record Women's para-athletics Representing  Mexico Paralympic Games 2012 London Shot put F57/58 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F57/58 2008 Beijing Shot put F57/58 World Championships 2024 Kobe Discus throw F57 Parapan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F55–58 2011 Guadalajara Shot put F57/58 2015 Toronto Shot put F56/57 2019 Lima Shot put F57 2023 Santiago Shot put F57

María de los Ángeles Ortiz Hernández (born 18 February 1973 in Comalcalco, Tabasco^[1][2]) is a Mexican paralympian athlete competing mainly in category F57/58 shot put events.^[3]

She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There, she won a silver medal in the women's shot put F57/F58 event. Three years later she won the gold medal and world record in the same event at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2011 won the gold medal and new world record in the Parapanamericans Games in Guadalajara, México, and silver medal in discus throw.

She became double Paralympic Champion by winning gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016.^[4]

She is daughter of Víctor Ángel Ortiz Tenorio, a baseball player.

• Angeles Ortiz Hernandez at the International Paralympic Committee
• Angeles Ortiz Hernandez at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

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