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Paralympic champion leads campaign against discrimination

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-12 11:06

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon appointed on Thursday Paralympic medalist Perla Bustamante Corona as the new president of the National Board to Prevent the Discrimination (Conapred) in Mexico, Mexican Interior Ministry said.

Perla Patricia Bustamante Corona, of Mexico, poses with her award for Paralympic Athlete of the Year at the Premios Fox Sports Awardsat the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Fla. Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. [Agencies]

Bustamante participated in the Beijing Paralympic Games, where she won a gold medal at the 100m swimming and set a world record.

The Conapred is an organization created in 2003 to prevent and eradicate the discrimination.