URUGUAY COMES TO LIMA 2019 WITH FIVE OF ITS BEST PARA ATHLETES

With high hopes and expectation for its performance in the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games, Uruguay will present its best five athletes for the biggest multi-sport event of the Americas, to be held from August 23 to September 1.

Uruguay will be represented by Henry Borges in the 60 kg judo category, Gonzalo Dutra in Para swimming, Eduardo Dutra in Para athletics, Carmelo Milán in shooting Para sport and Gonzalo Acosta in Para table tennis. Eduardo Dutra holds the national record in 800 m, with 1 minute, 50 seconds and 80 hundredth. He will be competing in that same event in Lima 2019.

Gonzalo Dutra will compete in 50 m and 100 m freestyle and 100 m breaststroke at the Aquatics Center of VIDENA, where the Para swimming competitions will be held. Carmelo Milán will compete in the 10m air rifle prone and 10 m air rifle standing events, at the Las Palmas Shooting Range in Surco.

Henry Borges will compete in the -60 kg judo category, for athletes with visual impairment. Borges is an experienced athlete that also competed in the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games. Judo competitions will be held at the Sports Center 2 in VIDENA.

LIMA 2019 TICKET SALES

To attend the competitions, such as Para table tennis, Para swimming, judo, shooting Para sports or Para athletics, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Parapan American Games, get your tickets, starting at 10 soles. There will be a 50% discount for children under 18, senior citizens and people with an impairment. Tickets can be bought at ten Lima 2019-authorized points of sale around the city. Learn more about their location:

Tickets can be also purchased online at lima2019.pe/ Tickets, where you will also find the Sports Calendar with the detailed competition schedule. In the case of e-tickets, printing will no longer be necessary since customers can show their e-ticket from their mobile phones at the entrance of the sports venue.

THE PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES

In these Parapan American Games, 1890 Para athletes from 33 countries will participate in 17 sports and 18 disciplines (1247 men and 643 women) The Peruvian delegation will present 139 athletes that will compete in 16 out of 17 sports.

Competitions will take place in 14 venues from August 22 to September 1, 2019. This is the first time that Peru will organize the most important multi-sports event of the Americas and the most significant sporting event in the world after the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parapan American Games will give quotas for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in 13 Para sports. The Parapan American Games are supported by the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

About IPC and APC

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the international governing body of the Paralympic movement. Its objective is to organize the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and to act as the International Federation of nine sports, in order to supervise and coordinate the World Championships and other competitions.

The Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) was founded in August 1997 with the aim of creating a Para sport governing body for the Americas. Since 2007, the Parapan American Games are held by the city that hosts the Pan American Games.

About the National Paralympic Association of Peru

The National Paralympic Association of Peru (ANPP) is the governing body of the Paralympic sports movement in Peru. Since 2016, it promotes individual and group Para sports participation. The association also works to transform society by promoting Para sports, as part of the legacy that the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games will leave.