Marta Arce Payno

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Marta Arce
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Personal information
Full nameMarta Arce Payno
Nationality Spanish
Born (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 47)
Valladolid, Spain
Occupation Judoka
Website www.martaarce.es OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Sport
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Sport Judo
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens -57 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing -63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London -63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris -57 kg
European Para Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Rotterdam -57 kg J2
Profile at external databases
IJF 65008
JudoInside.com 89719

Marta Arce Payno (born 27 July 1977) [1] [2] is a B3 classified Spanish judo competitor who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024 Summer Paralympics where she has won a pair of silver medals and a pair of bronze medals.

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Personal

Arce was born in Valladolid with a form of albinism that led to progressive loss of vision to the point where she lost all her sight. [3] She speaks four languages, Spanish, English, Italian and Japanese. [3] She is a mother, giving birth in 2009. [3] Her day job is being a physical therapist working for the Autonomous University of Madrid. [3] In November 2013, she participated in a program run by the Programa ADOP Empleo to train Paralympic athletes in developing business communication and entrepreneurship skills. [4]

Judo

Arce is a B3 classified judo competitor. [5] She started participating in judo after moving to Madrid to attend university. Her entrance to the sport was through her brother who was active in it at that time. [3] From that point on, she did almost daily training in the sport. [3]

The first IPC European Judo Championships Arce competed in were the ones hosted in Città di Castello where she picked up a gold medal. [3] [6] She competed at the European Championships held in 1999 in Italy. [6] In 2001, she competed at a World Cup event in Rio de Janeiro. [6] Competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal. [3] The 2004 Games were the first time women's judo appeared on the Paralympic programme. [6] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she repeated her performance and won another silver medal. [3] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara. [7] She competed at the London hosted 2012 Summer Paralympics in judo, [3] [8] [9] where she won a bronze medal. [10] [11] [12] In her path to bronze, she competed against Swedish Nicolina Perheim and Cuban Dalidaivis Rodríguez Clark. [13] [14] Her bronze was the second bronze medal won by Spain in judo at the London Games, coming minutes after teammate Maria Monica Merenciano won bronze. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Marta ARCE PAYNO". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Marta ARCE". Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Anita Guerra (2012-08-31). "Juegos Paralímpicos. Marta Arce, bronce en Londres, cuatrilingüe, madre y fisioterapeuta" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujerhoy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Jon santacana, david casinos y xavi torres, entre los paralímpicos que asistirán a una jornada para potenciar sus habilidades de comunicación" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  5. 1 2 "Marta Arce, en judo, logra para España la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldia.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "La vallisoletana Marta Arce da al judo español la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  9. ↑ "Primer oro y tres bronces ms para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. 31 August 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Marta Arce, en judo, logra la segunda medalla de bronce | Polideportivo | AS.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Masdeporte.as.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Londres 2012 termina con coldplay rihanna y 42 medallas para el equipo español" (in Spanish). Spain: El Telescopio Digital. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Marta Arce, bronce en judo paralímpico, Juegos Paralímpicos Londres 2012 – RTVE.es A la Carta" (in Spanish). Spain: Rtve.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "María Mónica Merenciano y Marta Arce logran el bronce en judo en Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  14. ↑ "La judoka de Las Rozas Marta Arce, bronce en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Lasrozas.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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