Yazmith Bataz

Yazmith Bataz

Personal information
Birth name	Yazmith Bataz Carballo
Nickname(s)	Yaz, La Flaca[1]
National team	Mexico
Born	(1972-04-05) April 5, 1972 (age 52) La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Years active	1999 – present
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	43 kg (95 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Disability	Paraplegia
Disability class	T54
Event(s)	100 meters 200 meters 400 meters
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  Mexico Parapan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 100m T54 2011 Guadalajara 200m T54 2011 Guadalajara 400m T54

Yazmith Bataz Carballo (born April 5, 1972), is a Mexican athlete specializing in 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter events.[2]

Career

Bataz has been a member of Mexico's athletics team at the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, and London 2012 Paralympic Games.[1]

At the continental level, she has represented her country at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she received her first gold medal in the 100 meters. At the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, she won a gold medal in the 100 meters and silver medals in the 200 meters and 400 meters within the T54 category for wheelchair racers.[2]

On August 16, 2007, in Rio, Bataz broke the Pan-American record in the women's 100 meters T54 category with a time of 18:55. Additionally, in Guadalajara in 2011, she set a new continental record with 17:46 in the same event.[2][3][4]

Honors

In 2014, Yazmith Bataz received the Medal of Merit For a Person With a Disability from the government of her home state of Baja California Sur.[5]

In 2016 she was appointed Municipal Coordinator for the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities for her hometown of La Paz.[6] She has represented the city at conferences of the National Human Rights Commission.[7]

References

1. "Athlete Bio". Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
2. "Atletismo" (in Spanish). Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on August 12, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
3. "Atletas olímpicos: Yazmith Bataz Carballo" (in Spanish). UWISIO. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
4. "Yazmith Bataz, oro y récord panamericano" [Yazmith Bataz, Gold and Pan-American Record]. El Sudcaliforniano (in Spanish). La Paz, Baja California Sur. November 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
5. Puga Lizardi, José Luís (December 11, 2014). "Yazmith Bataz recibe medalla al merito a la persona con discapacidad" [Yazmith Bataz Receives Medal of Merit For a Person With a Disability] (in Spanish). La Paz, Baja California Sur: Radar Político. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
6. "Cabildo de La Paz, elije a la Coordinadora Municipal para la inclusión de las personas con discapacidad" [Government of La Paz Chooses Municipal Coordinator for the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities] (in Spanish). Government of La Paz, Baja California Sur. October 10, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
7. "Participa Coordinación para la Inclusión de las Personas Discapacidad en ciclos de conferencias" [Coordinator for the Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities Participates in Conference Cycles] (in Spanish). Government of La Paz, Baja California Sur. October 29, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.