Beatriz Mendoza is a

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from

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competing mainly in category T12 sprint events. Beatriz was first part of the Spanish Paralympic games team at their home games in

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where she won bronze in the 100m and 200m. At the following games in

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

she did the sprint double, winning gold in the 100m and 200m. Her third and final games were in

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where again competing in the 100m and 200m she won bronze in the 100m and silver in the 200m.

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