Sherman Guity

Sherman Guity
Guity in 2019
Personal information
Full nameSherman Isidro Guity Guity
Born (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27)
Limón, Costa Rica[1]
Sport
CountryCosta Rica
SportPara-athletics
Events
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Costa Rica
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m T64
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m T64
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 200 m T64
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T64
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 100 m T64
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 100 m T64
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 100 m T64
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 200 m T64

Sherman Isidro Guity Guity (born 3 December 1996)[2] is a Costa Rican Paralympic athlete. He competes in the disability category of T64, specializing in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprints. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan,[3] becoming the first competitor representing Costa Rica at the Paralympics to win a medal. He has gone on to win multiple sprint titles and is the current paralympic record holder for both the 100m and 200m T64 events.

  1. ^ "¡Sherman Guity iluminará los XL Juegos Deportivos Nacionales!". ICODER (in Spanish). Instituto Costarricense del Deporte y la Recreación. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Sherman Isidro Guity Guity". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ^ Zúñiga, Alejandro (6 September 2021). "Gold for Güity: Tico sets record in Olympic win". ticotimes.net. Retrieved 5 September 2024.