The Peruvian taekwondo athlete Angélica Espinoza is the best female parathlete in America in 2019, according to the results announced by the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC).
In the general voting, directed to the public, the national paradeportist ranked second with 20 percent of the votes. The winner as the best parathlete in America was the Guatemalan Raúl Anguian.
Angélica Espinoza carried the Peruvian flag at the opening of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games and won the gold medal in parataekwondo.
The Mexican swimmer Diego López, who won five gold medals in Lima 2019 and four world titles in London, finished third with nine percent.
The Colombian athlete Érica Castaño, the Chilean athlete Francisca Mardones, the Argentine wheelchair tennis player Gustavo Fernández, the Salvadoran powerlifter Herbert Aceituno, the American Nordic skier and cyclist Oksana Masters, the Cuban sprinter Omara Durand, and the Brazilian sprinter Petrúcio Ferreira were also nominated. Andina