| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Loida Zabala Ollero |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 5 April 1987 (age 37) Losar de la Vera, Cáceres, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Powerlifting |
Loida Zabala Ollero (born 5 April 1987) is a Spanish disability powerlifter who has represented Spain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Zabala was born in Losar de la Vera, Cáceres. [1] [2] [3] [4] The loss of use of her legs was very sudden, and occurred when she was eleven years old as a result of transverse myelitis. [1] She got her drivers license when she was 18 years old. [5] In 2012, she lived in Oviedo. [2] She moved to Oviedo around Easter in 2007 in order to better train for her sport. [1] She has studied Administration and Finance, and Computers. [1] She has three cats named Alessia, Pug and Cefe. [6] In 2011, she participated in the creation of a charity calendar for the Association to Protect Adopted Animals (Spanish : Asociación Protectora de Animales Adoptastur), an organization that has helped a number Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities of Asturias, sportspeople. [6] In early 2012, she had viral infection that negatively impacted her physically. [5]
Zabala got into weight training as a way of dealing with being tired all the time. [5] She started more seriously after going to Toledo when she was 18 after someone told her about it and she met her future coach, Lodario Ramón. [5] [7] One day, she would like to become a powerlifting coach because she believes winning can come down to having the right technique. [5] She has said she thinks she will retire from the sport when she is 35 or 40 years old. [5]
In 2006, Zabala wanted to train with the best, and so she made contact with Lodario Ramón who then became her coach. [1] She moved to be closer to him. [5] In her first competition, she lifted 45 kilograms. [1] Her first international competition was in Greece in 2006 where she picked up a gold medal. [5] Competing at the 2007 Spanish National Championships, she won the event and set a national record. [4] She would go on to win the national championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [5] [8] At the 2007 European Championships, she finished seventh. [1] In 2008, she trained at the Sports Palace (Spanish : Palacio de los Deportes) where she was coached by Ramón. [1] Competing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she finished in seventh. [4] [9] The Beijing Paralympics were her first, [5] and, as a 21-year-old, she was the first woman to represent Spain at the Paralympics in this sport. [7] [10] Going into the Games, she had a goal of lifting 85 kilograms and getting a Paralympic diploma. [1]
In May 2012, Zabala was on the shortlist of Spanish sportspeople from Asturias likely to compete at the London Paralympics. [2] In June 2012, Sant Pedor, Barcelona hosted the Spain Powerlifting Championship which she won in the less than 52 kilogram class. She won on a third lift of 100 kilograms after having lifts of 96 and 98 kilograms in her first two attempts. In the process, she set a new Spanish record. [11] Going to London, she had set a personal goal to lift more than 100 kilograms. [2] In London, she was coached by Lodario Ramón Ramón, [12] while competing in the up to 48 kilogram class. [12] [13] She finished in fifth place. [14] At the 2013 IPC European Championships in Russia, she was coached by Antonio Arranz. [15] She finished the competition with a bronze medal following a lift of 96 kilograms. [14] [16] In order to qualify for the Rio Games, she is required to compete in at least one international event between 2013 and 2016. [15]
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