Anaís Méndez
Ecuadorian Paralympic athlete
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Anaís Méndez (born 18 January 2000) is an Ecuadorian Paralympic athlete.[1] She along with her elder sister Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez claimed the first medals for Ecuador in the history of the Paralympics.[2] Both have the unique distinction of being the only siblings combination to be the first two Paralympic medalists for a country.
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| Nationality | Ecuadorian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
| F20 | |||||||||||||||
Event | shot put | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She made her first Paralympic appearance representing Ecuador at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3]
She clinched bronze medal in the women's F20 shot put event during the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4] Coincidentally, her sister Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez won the gold medal in the same discipline making it a rare instance of athletes coming from same family who go on to win medals in a same competition. Anaís Méndez won Ecuador's first ever bronze medal in Paralympics history while her elder sister Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez won Ecuador's first ever gold medal in Paralympics history.[2] Prior to the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Ecuador had never won a Paralympic medal.[5]
