Mario Cota

Mario Cota

Personal information
Full name	Mario Cota Castro
Nickname(s)	"Bebé"
Born	September 11, 1990 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	140 kg (310 lb)
Sport
Country	Mexico
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Updated on 24 January 2015.

Mario "Bebe" Cota (born 11 September 1990 in Mexicali^[1]) is a Mexican track and field athlete specialising in the shot put and discus throw.^[2][3][4] He won multiple medals on continental level.

Personal bests

He has personal bests of 19.30 metres in the shot put (Xalapa 2014) and 61.63 metres in the discus (Tucson 2014). The latter is the current national record.

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Shot put	19.30 m	Xalapa, Mexico	25 Nov 2014
Discus throw	61.63 m	Tucson, Arizona, United States	22 May 2014

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Mexico
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	26th (q)	Shot put (6 kg)	17.68 m
			26th (q)	Discus (1.75 kg)	49.43 m
2009	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad	7th	Shot put (6 kg)	18.10 m
			5th	Discus (1.75 kg)	55.28 m
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	8th	Shot put	17.87 m
			7th	Discus throw	55.35 m
	NACAC U23 Championships	Miramar, United States	5th	Shot put	17.61 m
			2nd	Discus throw	58.01 m
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	Shot put	18.36 m
			3rd	Discus throw	54.70 m
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	Shot put	16.52 m
			2nd	Discus throw	58.80 m
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	10th	Discus throw	57.39 m
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	6th	Discus throw	59.30 m
2012	Ibero-American Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	4th	Discus throw	58.89 m
	NACAC U23 Championships	Irapuato, Mexico	5th	Discus throw	56.02 m
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	3rd	Shot put	17.67 m
			2nd	Discus throw	58.58 m
2014	Ibero-American Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	7th	Discus throw	56.80 m
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	4th	Discus	57.64m A
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Veracruz, Mexico	1st	Shot put	19.30 m
			3rd	Discus throw	58.21 m
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	8th	Shot put	17.21 m
			5th	Discus throw	54.76 m
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	11th	Shot put	17.53 m
			8th	Discus throw	59.89 m

References

1. El Gigante de Mexicali, Mario Cota
2. Mario Cota profile at IAAF
3. Biography - COTA Mario, PASO, retrieved January 24, 2015
4. HISTORIAL ATLETICO - Mario Cota Castro, 11 sep 90, Baja California (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, retrieved January 24, 2015

External links

• Mario Cota profile at IAAF