| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | David Garcia del Valle |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 13 June 1981 Almeria, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Judo |
David Garcia del Valle (born 13 June 1981) is a judo athlete from Spain, who has represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a pair of silver medals in 2000 and 2004.
García was born 13 June 1981 in Almeria. He has a vision impairment. [1] He resides in Granada. [2]
García is a B2 classified judo competitor. [1] He took home a gold medal in his weight class at the 2011 IPC European Judo Championships. [3] In October 2011, he competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara. [4] In 2012, he won the Spanish national disability judo championship. [5] He competed in the 2013 Spanish national disability judo championship organized by the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind. [5] In April 2013, he was one of the organizers of the II Festival Soliadrio Jushirokan in Madrid. The event was a master class in judo. [6] The 2013 IPC European Judo Championships were held in early December in Eger, Hungary, and he competed in them in the (under 66 kilos event. [3] [7] [8] [9] [10] He lost his first match of the competition. [11] [12] Going into the competition, he was viewed as one of the favorites to potentially win a medal for Spain. [2]
García competed in judo at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He earned a silver in the Up to 66 kg men's group at the 2000 and 2004 Games. [1] In November 2013, he competed in the Open Judo Tournament Guadalajara. [13]
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