Ruth Aguilar

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Ruth Aguilar
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Full nameRuth Aguilar Fulgencio
NationalitySpanish
Born (1975-02-03) 3 February 1975 (age 48)
Torrent, Valencia
Website RuthAguilar.es
Sport
CountryFlag of Spain.svg Spain
Sport Athletics

Ruth Aguilar Fulgencio [lower-alpha 1] [1] (born 3 February 1975) is a Spanish Paralympic athletics competitor who has represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She played for Spain's national u-17 handball team before suffering a fractured spine in a car accident.

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Personal

Aguilar was born on 3 February 1975 in Torrent, Valencia, [2] [3] and attended Colegio Público Miguel Hernández. [3] Before fracturing her spine in a car accident in December 1992, she played handball. [2] [3] She represented Spain internationally in handball at the under 17 level. [2] She played club handball as a goalball for Urbana Valencia. [2] As an athlete with a disability, sports she initially tried included swimming, wheelchair basketball and powerlifting. [2]

Aguilar took a break from competitive sport at one point to give birth to her son. [2] Her break from sport was extended after her father got lung cancer and she tended to him until he died from the disease. [2] In 2013, she was getting a disability pension. [2] In February 2013, local police in Alfafar organized a talk about driver education, and Aguilar participated in the talk as a speaker because of the impact a traffic accident had in her life. While at the event, she also signed the city's Book of Honor. [4] [5] In November 2013, she was given an award at the fifth edition of the Carta de Poblament awards. She won in the category of arts, letters and sports. [3] [6] [7] 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. [8]

Athletics

Aguilar competes in athletics using a wheelchair. [2]

The 2011 Spanish National Adaptive Athletics Championships were held in Valencia and Aguilar competed in them. [9] Competing at the 2010 IPC European Championships, she finished third in the sho tput. [2] [3] Aguilar competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. [2] In 2013, she was working on qualifying for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the javelin, discus and shot put. [2] In March 2013, she participated in a dualathlon event as part of a relay team, with Jesus Cordero Ballesteros her teammate. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguilarand the second or maternal family name is Fulgencio.

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References

  1. ↑ "Paralimpiadas – Deportista: Ruth Aguilar Fulgencio". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 raúl cosín (18 November 2013). "Una guerrera de la vida" (in Spanish). ABC.es. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Torrent se prepara para la celebración de la V edición de los Premios Carta de Poblament" (in Catalan). Spain: elperiodic.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "PANORAMA LOCAL – La paralímpica Ruth Aguilar participa en una campaña de seguridad vial en Alfafar" (in Spanish). Spain: Panoramalocal.es. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "La Policía Local ha celebrado su 3ª Charla de Educación Vial con la participación de la Campeona Paralímpica Ruth Aguilar" (in Spanish). Spain: elperiodic.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Torrent acoge la V edición de los Premios Carta de Poblament" (in Spanish). Spain: elperiodic.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Torrent acoge la V ediciĂłn de los Premios Carta de Poblament — La OpiniĂłn de Torrent" (in Spanish). Spain: Laopiniondetorrent.es. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "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. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Cuatro records en Valencia en el Nacional de Atletismo" (in Spanish). Spain: Superdeporte. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Este fin de semana se celebra el DLD Sueca y el duatlón de Onda" (in Spanish). elperiodic.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "260 atletas participan en la primer Duatlon Onda" (in Catalan). Spain: elperiodic.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "260 atletas participan en la primer Duatlon Onda —" (in Spanish). Spain: Arrelsonline.es. Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "La rodalia" (in Spanish). Spain: Larodalia.es. 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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