Arly Velásquez

Arly Aristides Velásquez Peñaloza^[a] (born August 17, 1988) is a Paralympian who represented Mexico at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, along with teammate Armando Ruiz. Velasquez broke his back in a mountain biking accident in 2001. After trying many wheelchair sports, such as shot put, wheelchair basketball and tennis, he discovered the sport of mono-skiing. Mono-skiing is similar to skiing for able-bodied however, athletes sit on a single ski with crutch-like ski poles using their hips to make turns.^[1] Velásquez also represented Mexico at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Notes

^ In this article, the surname is Velásquez, not Peñaloza.

References

^ Wolfe, Felicity (28 August 2009). "Winter Games: Chair part of the challenge for skier". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

External links

Arly Velasquez Penaloza at the official website of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Arly Aristides Velasquez Penaloza at the International Paralympic Committee
Arly Aristides Velasquez Penaloza at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

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[1] In this article, the surname is Velásquez, not Peñaloza.

[ODT_71674-2] Wolfe, Felicity (28 August 2009). "Winter Games: Chair part of the challenge for skier". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

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