Mauricio Valencia (born 28 December 1987)^[1] is a Colombian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy.^[2] He represented Colombia at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021.^[2] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F34 event and the bronze medal in the men's shot put F34 event.^[2] In 2021, he won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[3]

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Mauricio Valencia

Personal information
Born	(1987-12-28) 28 December 1987 (age 36)
Sport
Country	Colombia
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Cerebral palsy
Disability class	F32 F33 F34
Events	Discus throw Javelin throw Shot put
Medal record Representing  Colombia Men's para-athletics Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 2 5 4 Parapan American Games 4 3 0 Total 7 9 5 Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw F34 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw F34 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F34 World Championships 2017 London Javelin throw F34 2019 Dubai Javelin throw F34 2015 Doha Discus throw F34 2015 Doha Javelin throw F34 2023 Paris Javelin throw F34 2023 Paris Shot put F34 2024 Kobe Javelin throw F34 2013 Lyon Javelin throw F33/F34 2015 Doha Shot put F34 2017 London Shot put F34 2019 Dubai Shot put F34 Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Discus throw F32/33/34 2019 Lima Shot put F32/33/34 2019 Lima Javelin throw F34 2023 Santiago Shot put F32/33/34 2011 Guadalajara Shot put F32/33/34 2015 Toronto Shot put F32/33/34 2015 Toronto Javelin throw F34/57

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He represented Colombia at the 2011 Parapan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In total he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's discus throw F32/33/34 event and the silver medal in the men's shot put F32/33/34 event.

At the 2013 World Championships held in Lyon, France, he won the bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F33/34 event. Two years later, at the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won three medals: the silver medal in both the men's discus throw F34 and men's javelin throw F34 events and the bronze medal in the men's shot put F34 event.^[4][5][6] In 2017, he won gold in the men's javelin throw F34 event^[7] and bronze in the men's shot put F34 event.

In the men's javelin throw F34 event at the 2019 World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates he won the gold medal with a distance of 35.25m.^[8] He also won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F34 event.