Joel Gomez (athlete)
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| Born | 29 July 2003 Encinitas, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Blue cone monochromacy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event | 1500 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Purdue Boilermakers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joel Gomez (born July 29, 2003) is an American Paralympic middle-distance runner who competes in international track and field competitions. He is a Parapan American Games champion and a double World junior champion in middle-distance running.[1][2]
Career
Gomez has also competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics, he set a new Americas record in the men's 1500m T13 at the 2024 Paralympics where he finished in seventh place.[3]
Gomez took up soccer at a young age but he had great difficulty tracking the ball, he took up track and field aged nine. When he was in eighth grade, he broke the 5:00 minute mile marker.[4]
References
- ↑ "Joel Gomez - Team USA Profile". Team USA. 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Joel Gomez - World Athletics". World Athletics. 21 March 2025.
- ↑ "Gomez sets Americas record in Paralympic final". Purdue Sports. 3 September 2024.
- ↑ "Joel Gomez - Challenged Athletes". Challenged Athletes Foundation. 21 March 2025.
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Encinitas, California
- Purdue Boilermakers men's track and field athletes
- American men middle-distance runners
- Paralympic middle-distance runners
- Visually impaired middle-distance runners
- Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Parapan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- World Para Athletics Championships winners