Chile at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Chile at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	CHI
NPC	Chile Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralimpico.cl
in London
Competitors	7 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Cristian Valenzuela
Medals Ranked 52nd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Chile competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.^[1]

Chile won its first medal at this event.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Cristian Valenzuela	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11	7 September

Men's Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristian Valenzuela	1500m T11	4:15.54	2 Q	4:07.79	4
	5000m T11	—		15:26.26
	Marathon T12	—		DNS

Women

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cristian Dettoni	Individual C7	Nikolenko (UKR) L 0-3	Despineux (BEL) L 1-3	3	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robinson Mendez	Men's singles	Mossier (AUT) L 6–3, 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Diego Pérez	Men's singles	Jeremiasz (FRA) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Robinson Mendez Diego Pérez	Men's doubles	—	Mossier, Legner (AUT) L 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Francisca Mardones	Women's singles	—	Jacinto Velez (ESP) W 6–3, 6–1	Van Koot (NED) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Maria Antonieta Ortiz	Women's singles	—	Krüger (GER) L 5–7, 5–7	Did not advance
Francisca Mardones Maria Antonieta Ortiz	Women's doubles	—		Bernal Villalobos, Martinez Vega (COL) L 7–6, 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance

• Chile at the 2012 Summer Olympics