Hernán Emanuel Urra

Hernán Urra^[1]
	Hernán Urra at Rio 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Hernán Emanuel Urra
Born	31 October 1996 (age 28); Cinco Saltos, Argentina
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Cerebral palsy
Disability class	F35
Event	Shot put
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing Argentina
Paralympic Games
World Championships
Parapan American Games

Hernán Emanuel Urra (born 31 October 1996)^[2] is an Argentine Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy competing in F35-classification shot put events.^[3] He is a three-time silver medalist at the Summer Paralympics.

Career

He represented Argentina at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's shot put F35 event.^[3]^[4] He also won the silver medal in the men's shot put F35 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2019, he qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the bronze medal in the men's shot put F35 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[5]^[6]

He won the silver medal in his event at the 2023 Parapan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Argentina
2016	Summer Paralympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	Shot put	14.91 m
2019	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	3rd	Shot put	15.87 m
2019	Parapan American Games	Lima, Peru	1st	Shot put
2021	Summer Paralympics	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Shot put	15.90 m
2023	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	Shot put	15.55 m
2023	Parapan American Games	Santiago, Chile	2nd	Shot put
2024	Summer Paralympics	Paris, France	2nd	Shot put

References

^ "Five Youth Parapan graduates who became Paralympians". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 March 2017. Hernan Urra (Argentina)
^ "URRA Hernan Emanuel". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Hernan Emanuel Urra". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ Palmer, Dan (24 October 2016). "Argentina to hold third Paralympic National Day in Buenos Aires". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2020. The country also won one silver medal in athletics, with Hernan Emanuel Urra finishing second in the men's F35 shot put.
^ "Dubai 2019 Results | Event Overview – Men's shot put F35". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ Etchells, Daniel (11 November 2019). "Perfect 10 for Durand at World Para Athletics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2020. Uzbekistan's Khusniddin Norbekov smashed the men's shot put F35 record with a throw of 17.32m. China's Fu Xinhan took the silver medal with 16.53m and Argentina's Hernan Emanuel Urra the bronze with 15.87m.