Uziel Muñoz

Uziel Muñoz
Personal information
Full nameUziel Muñoz Galarza
Born (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
EducationUniversidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight121 kg (267 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Shot put
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Mexico
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 TokyoShot put
NACAC Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 FreeportShot put
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoShot put
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaShot put
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorShot put
CAC Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 MoreliaShot put
Silver medal – second place2014 MoreliaDiscus throw
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2019 NaplesShot put

Uziel Muñoz Galarza (born 8 September 1995) is a Mexican athlete specialising in the shot put.[2] He won the silver medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, to become the first Mexican to win a medal in a throwing event at the World Athletics Championships.[3]

Born in Nuevo Casas Grandes,[1] his personal bests in the event are 21.97 metres outdoors (2025 Tokyo World Championships) and 19.67 metres indoors (Albuquerque 2019).

Personal bests

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Mexico
2014 Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20)		 Morelia, Mexico 2nd Shot put (6 kg) 17.35 m
2nd Discus throw (1.75 kg) 51.87 m
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla, Colombia 4th Shot put 19.87 m
2019 Universiade Naples, Italy 3rd Shot put 20.45 m
Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd Shot put 20.56 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 34th (q) Shot put 19.06 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 11th Shot put 20.65 m
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador, El Salvador 1st Shot put 20.81 m
5th Discus throw 55.22 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 15th (q) Shot put 20.62 m
Pan American Games Santiago, Chile 2nd Shot put 21.15 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 15th Shot put 19.28 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 8th Shot put 20.88 m
2025 NACAC Championships Freeport, Bahamas 2nd Shot put 20.89 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd Shot put 21.97 m
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 10th Shot put 20.30 m
Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st Shot put 20.51 m

References

  1. 1 2 3 Morán, Eduardo (2 July 2021). "Di hasta el último aliento: Uziel Muñoz". Diario.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Uziel Muñoz at World Athletics
  3. ↑ "Mexicano Uziel Muñoz sorprende con medalla de plata mundial en lanzamiento de bala". Informador.mx. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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