Sofia Gonzalez (athlete)
Swiss Paralympic athlete
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Sofia Gonzalez (born 27 March 2001) is a Swiss Paralympic athlete of Spanish and Mexican descent who competes in sprinting and long jump in international track and field competitions. She is a European bronze medalist in 100m. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics but did not medal.[1][2]
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| Born | 27 March 2001 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Jongny, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Education | City University of London | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Events | 100 metres Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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Gonzalez was born with a congenital deformity in her right leg and had her leg amputated below the knee when she was three years old. While growing up in Zürich, she was a very active person and did horse riding, tennis and skiing and then became a professional athlete in 2016 when she took part in a sporting event for people with prosthetics and trained with Heinrich Popow whom she admired as an influential person.[3][4][5]
Gonzalez is studying for a bachelor's degree in sociology at City, University of London, she is also a motivational speaker in Switzerland and can fluently speak four languages.[6]