Albert Gelis

Last updated
Albert Gelis
Personal information
Full nameAlbert Gelis Juanola
Nationality Spanish
Born (1981-10-26) 26 October 1981 (age 41)
Sant Joan les Fonts, Girona
Sport
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Sport Swimming (S12)
Medal record
Swimming
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Men's 4 x 100 meter 49 Points Medley Relay
IPC European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Reykjavik 100 m butterfly S12
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Reykjavik 100 m backstroke – S12

Albert Gelis Juanola (born 26 October 1981) is a vision-impaired S12 swimmer from Spain.

Contents

Personal

Gelis was born on 26 October 1981 in Sant Joan les Fonts, Girona. [1] He is from the Catalan region of Spain. [2]

Swimming

Gelis is a vision impaired S12 swimmer. [1] He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He earned a silver medal at the 2004 Games in the 4 x 100 meter 49 Points Medley Relay. [1] [2] In 2007, he competed at the IDM German Open. [3] From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship. [2] Prior to heading to London for the 2012 Games, he participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enhamed Enhamed</span> Spanish Paralympic swimmer

Enhamed Enhamed Mohamed Yahdih is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He is an B1/S11 type swimmer.

Miguel Luque Ávila is a Spanish swimmer.

David Julián Levecq Vives is a swimmer from Spain.

Ricardo Ten Argilés is a swimmer from Spain.

José Antonio Marí Alcaraz-Garcia is a swimmer from Spain.

Israel Oliver Peña, known as Israel Oliver, is a swimmer from Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deborah Font Jiménez</span> Spanish Paralympic swimmer

Deborah Font Jiménez is a swimmer from Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Omar Font</span> Spanish Paralympic swimmer

Omar Font Jimenez is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Carla Casals Solé is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain.

Luis Antonio Arevalo Espadas is a student and vision impaired S13/SB13/SM13/B3 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 4 × 100 meter relay 49 Points race. He raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he failed to medal.

Enrique Floriano Millan is a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer from Spain.

Jesús Collado Alarcón is an S9 swimmer from Spain.

Sandra Gómez Pérez is a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer from Spain. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal at the 2004 Games in the Women's SB12 100 meter breaststroke race. She won a silver in the Women's SB12 100 meter breaststroke at the 2008 Games. In 2007, she competed at the IDM German Open. In April 2008, she was one of four Navarre women on the short list to attend the Beijing Paralympics.

Anais Garcia Balmaña is a vision impaired B1/S11 swimmer from Spain. She is the daughter of Spanish architect and decorator Miguel Garcia and catalan independentist. When she was born, one eye had glaucoma and one eye was detached. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 4 x 100 meter medley 49 Points relay race. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 100 meter freestyle and 400 meter freestyle races. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 100 meter freestyle race. She competed at the IBSA World Blind Swimming Championships in 2003. She created 3 world records. One was in the 4x50 meter freestyle S11-S13 race. Another world record was in the 800 meter freestyle S11 race. The third world record was in the 4x50 meter medley, S11-S13 race. She is currently the deputy director and head of personal autonomy and adaptation of ONCE, the main agency disabilities Spain.

Alejandro Sánchez Palomero is a triathlete and former S8 swimmer from Spain.

Christian Venge Balboa is a cyclist from Spain.

Begoña Curero Sastre is a visually impaired Spanish swimmer from Catalonia. After failing to qualify for the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she qualified for and competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics.mo-reto-destacar-juegos-paralimpicos-londres-2012/536710.html

José Ramón Cantero Elvira is a visually impaired Spanish swimmer who has represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Amaya Alonso Álvarez is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer who has represented her counter at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Edgar Quirós is a vision impaired swimmer from Spain who has represented the country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
  4. "Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridad Digital. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.