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Full name | Juan Carlos Molina Merlos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 July 1974 48) Granada, Spain | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juan Carlos Molina Merlos (born 18 July 1974 in Granada) is a cyclist and skier from Spain. He has a disability: He is blind and is a B3 type skier and cyclist. [1]
He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in cycling in the Tandem one bicycle track Pursuit race. [1]
He competed at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in alpine skiing. He finished first in the downhill race. He finished 8 in the Super Giant race. He competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics. He finished first in the downhill race. [1]
Jon Santacana Maiztegui is a Spanish B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier. His sighted ski guide is Miguel Galindo Garces. Santacana has competed at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, in the European Cup and the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, and Spanish national competitions. He represented Spain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, 2006 Winter Paralympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics, earning a gold medal and a pair of silver medals at the 2010 Games.
Miguel Galindo Garcés is a Spanish alpine skier, and para-alpine sighted guide. As Jon Santacana's guide, he competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics where he earned three medals. He also competed in the European Cup, the World Cup, the World Championships and a national team camp with Santacana.
Anna Cohí Fornell is a visually impaired Spanish para-alpine Paralympic skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Paralympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics. Cohí is classified as a B3 competitor and skis with guide Raquel Garcia. She began skiing at the age of three and began World Championship competition in 2003 at age fifteen. Cohí has also competed in World Cup and European Cup events and has earned gold medals in the slalom and giant slalom competitions.
Úrsula Pueyo Marimon is a LW2 classified Spanish para-alpine standing skier who is missing a leg. She has competed in IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup and European Cup events. She has also competed at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, the 2010 Winter Paralympics, and the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Andrés Paulo Boira Díaz is a Spanish vision impaired B3 classified para-alpine skier. His guide skiers have included Félix Aznar and Aleix Suñé. He has competed at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and the 2010 Winter Paralympics.
Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes is a visually impaired Spanish B2 classified para-alpine skier. He has had several guide skiers including Aleix Suñé, Félix Aznar and Arnau Ferrer. He competed in the European Cup and the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, at the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He was also a competitor in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Raquel Garcia Borreguero is a Spanish para-alpine guide skier from Huesca. Working with Anna Cohí, she has competed in the European Cup, 2010 Winter Paralympics, and IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup. They have also participated in a Spanish national team training camp.
Félix Aznar is a Spanish skier who has served as para-alpine guide for Paralympic skiers including Andrés Boira and Gabriel Gorce. He skied with Gorce at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. He has competed in the European Cup and the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup as a guide skier.
Magda Amo Rius is a track and field athlete and a ski athlete from Spain. She is blind. She is a B2 type skier. She competed at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, winning a bronze in the giant slalom race. She raced at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, earning a silver in the downhill race. She jumped at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. She jumped the farthest in the long jump. She skied at the 1998 Winter Paralympics and won a gold in the Giant, Super Giant, Slalom and Downhill races.
Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo is a shooter from Spain.
Roberto Alcaide García is a cyclist from Spain. He has a physical disability: He is a C4/LC2 type cyclist. He raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He was the first racer to finish in the Individual Pursuit track LC2 race. He finished second in the Combined Road LC2 race. He raced at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He was the second racer to finish in the Individual Pursuit track LC2 race. He was the third racer to finish in the Road Trial LC2 race. He raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. In November 2013, he was awarded an €8,000 scholarship from the Madrid Olympic Foundation to support his efforts to qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Josefa Benítez Guzman is a cyclist from Spain.
José Andres Blanco Sánchez is a cyclist from Spain. He has a disability: He is a type LC3 cyclist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He finished second in the Individual Pursuit track LC3 race. He finished third in the Road LC3 race.
Miguel Ángel Clemente Solano is a cyclist from Spain.
Abelardo Gandía Valdés is a cyclist from Spain. He has a vision impairment. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, where he did not medal. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He finished second in the Tandem Individual Pursuit track race.
Antonio Garcia Martinez is a Spanish cyclist. He is LC3 type cyclist. He is a chemical engineer. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, the 2000 Summer Paralympics, the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the Combined Road LC3 race.
Juan José Méndez Fernandez is a cyclist from Spain.
César Neira Pérez is a cyclist from Spain.
Christian Venge Balboa is a cyclist from Spain.
Spain sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team from Spain had 4 people. They included 2 snowboarders and 2 skiers. Blind skier Jon Santacana and guide skier Miguel Galindo Garces competed at the Paralympics before in 2002, 2006, 2010 and the 2014. Astrid Fina Paredes went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Snowboarder Víctor González will be going to his first Paralympic Games.