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Miguel Ángel Rincón

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Miguel Ángel Rincón
Personal information
Born (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 30)
Bucaramanga, Colombia
Sport
Country Colombia
SportParalympic swimming
DisabilityParaplegia
Disability classS5
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Colombia
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 50m freestyle S5
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 100m freestyle S5
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 50m butterfly S5
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 100m breaststroke SB4
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima 50m backstroke S5
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima 200m freestyle S5
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madeira 100m breaststroke SB4

Miguel Ángel Rincón Narvaez (born 31 March 1994) is a Colombian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international swimming competitions. He is a six-time Parapan American Games medalist winning four silvers and two bronzes and a World bronze medalist.[1][2][3]

Firearm accident

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When Rincón was nine, he was playing his PlayStation in his house and was looking through a drawer of his collection of the console's cassettes. He picked up a game and played the game on his PlayStation until he heard a pile of objects fall onto the floor, Rincón got distracted and looked at the mess on the floor, he got frightened when he saw a firearm in amongst the items. It was the first time that he had seen one and he didn't know where it came from and why it was there. He picked up the gun and it shot him in the chest and the bullet came out of his back.

He was found unconscious on the floor in his blood, he had also vomited blood and was taken to hospital where he had only one and a half litres of blood left in his body. He had reconstructive surgery on his stomach and digestive system, he had an operation on his pancreas, liver and a part of his lung, the bullet shrapnel was very close to his heart which developed a mild infection and surgeons successfully removed the shrapnel. Following his major surgeries, the doctors were surprised in how Rincón had survived the horrific gunshot that almost killed him however it left him with a spinal cord injury and he was unable to walk again.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Miguel Angel Rincon - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Miguel Angel Rincon, leaving his soul in the pools (in Spanish)". Colombian Paralympic Committee. 19 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Santander athletes give the first medals to Colombia in the Para Swimming World Championships (in Spanish)". Vanguardia. 13 June 2022.
  4. ^ "The blood and water of Miguel Angel Rincon (in Spanish)". El Espectador. 19 August 2020.