Mario Rodriguez (fencer)
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| Born | 1959 Houston, Texas | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||
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Mario Rodriguez (born 1959), is an American wheelchair fencer.
Biography
Rodriguez was born in Houston, Texas. In 1985 a low speed motorcycle accident revealed a malignant tumor in his right hip resulting in resection, removal, and reconstruction that ultimately failed ending in eventual amputation of his right hip & leg or hip-disarticulation/semi-hemipelvectomy in April, 1992.[1][2] In 2002 and 2003 respectively he won 3 bronze medals in three different world cups in men's category A foil in Austin, Texas, USA; Madrid, Spain; and Warsaw, Poland. In 2010 he was a gold medalist at the North American Cup for sabre and in 2011 won another gold for foil at the Parapan American Games.[1] Before he became a paralympian he served as a representative of the United States Air Force as a Russian translator in Crete for four years.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Mario Rodriguez". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ a b "Air Force Veteran Shares Wisdom With Young Paralympians". United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
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- Wheelchair fencers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair fencers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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