Parapan Am Games Champion, Raul Anguiano, has been nominated to the Best Americas Para Athletes of 2019, representing Guatemala and our sport throughout the region.
Raul Anguiano became a celebrity in his country overnight by winning Guatemala’s first Parapan American Games title in Lima 2019, when he won the gold medal in Singles SL4.
Also, Guatemala’s star has the same number of crowns as Pan American Championships have been made (2010, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2018).
Ten standout athletes have been shortlisted for the ‘José Luis Campo’ Award as the Best Americas Para Athlete of 2019, and the public can now vote for their favourite on the Americas Paralympic Committee Website until February 4th.
About the Award
The APC annually honours the best athlete for her/his outstanding sporting achievements throughout the previous 12 months. The award was named after the APC Founding President, pioneer and driving force behind the development of the Paralympic Movement in the Americas for 20 years.
A number of standout athletes are nominated by their National Paralympic Committees, with the APC voting on the final shortlist. The Athlete of the Year is then decided by public vote on americasparalympic.org over two weeks.
Mexican powerlifter Jose de Jesus Castillo Castillo was the winner of the first two editions in 2017 and 2018, with dozens of thousands of people from all across the Americas participating.
“I am very happy for having been named Para Athlete of 2018; it is a huge honour,” Castillo Castillo said. “Thank you to the Americas Paralympic Committee, to all Mexico and to those from other countries who supported me as well.”
The Americas Athlete of the Year winners are:
• 2017 – Jose de Jesus Castillo Castillo, Mexico, powerlifting
• 2018 – Jose de Jesus Castillo Castillo, Mexico, powerlifting
