Juan Armando Ruiz Hernández is a lawyer from Mexico City, who represented
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
in the
2010 Paralympics, under the
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...
discipline and represented Mexico in the
2006 Paralympics. He was the lone Mexican competitor in the
2006 Torino paralympic games, however
Arly Velásquez
Arly Aristides Velásquez Peñaloza (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 m ...
joined him in representing Mexico in 2010.
References
See also
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Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
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Mexico at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
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2010 Winter Paralympics national flag bearers
During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, which was held beginning at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, PST on March 12, 2010, 44 athletes bore the flags of their respective nations and lead their national delegati ...
Paralympic alpine skiers for Mexico
Living people
Mexican male alpine skiers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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