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| Spain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ESP |
| NPC | Spanish Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Tignes-Albertville | |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletes from Spain competed at the 1992 Winter Paralympics, which were held in Albertville, France, and won four medals, one silver and three bronze. [1]
Abderrahman Ait Khamouch Badaui is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T46 middle distance and marathon events. Originally from Morocco, he emigrated to Spain and gained citizenship in August 2008. He has represented Spain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning silver in the 1,500 meters and bronze in the 800 meters in 2008, and silver in the marathon in 2012.
José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad is a Spanish former track cyclist. Villanueva specialised in the sprint disciplines, where at world championships level he was won a silver medal in keirin and a bronze and a silver medal in team sprint. A few years after his initial retirement from competitive cycling, Villanueva returned as a sighted pilot in tandem track cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver and a bronze medal.
José Manuel González Santamaría is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T36 track events.
Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer. He has competed at four Paralympic Games winning fifteen medals: eight gold, four silver and three bronze. His attendance at the Games was controversial after it was revealed that he had been jailed for bomb attacks while a member of First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups (GRAPO).
José Enrique Porto Lareo is a vision impaired track cyclist from Spain.
José Manuel Ruiz Reyes is a class 10 table tennis player from Spain. He competed at six consecutive Paralympics from 1996 to 2016 and won one individual and four team medals. In 2013, he was awarded the bronze Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.
In 1992, Spain had competitors in archery, wheelchair basketball, swimming, weightlifting, shooting, boccia, cycling, fencing, judo, tennis, 7-per-side football, table tennis and athletics.
Ricardo Ten Argilés is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer and para-cyclist.
Deborah Font Jiménez is a swimmer from Spain.
Francisco Ángel Soriano San Martín is a SH1 shooter from Spain. In 2012, he was retired and a pensioner. Soriano competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, 1992 Summer Paralympics, 1996 Summer Paralympics, 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. In 1996, he won a gold medal in the Free Pistol .50 P4, Mixed SH1 competition. In 2000, he won a bronze in the Free Pistol .50 P4, Mixed SH1 competition.
Pablo Cimadevila Álvarez is an S6 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 200 meter individual medley. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 4×50 meter medley relay 20 pts race. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 200 meter individual medley race and a bronze in the 4×50 m medley 20 points race. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he did not win a medal.
Jordi Gordillo Brunet is a S5 classified swimmer from Spain. He has cerebral palsy. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 50 meter 20 point medley relay. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, winning a silver medal in the 4 x 50 meter 20 point medley relay.
Vicente Gil Ros is an S5 swimmer from Spain.
Esther Morales Fernández is an S10 swimmer from Spain.
Alejandro Sánchez Palomero is a triathlete and former S8 swimmer from Spain.
Juan José Méndez Fernandez is a cyclist from Spain who lost part of his left arm and leg in a motorcycle accident.
Christian Venge Balboa is a cyclist from Spain.
María Monica Merenciano Herrero is a judo athlete from Spain. She has represented Spain at the Paralympic Games and won an IPC European Judo Championship.
Marta Arce Payno 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.
Aitor Oroza Flores is a Spanish Paralympic cyclist. He has represented Spain at the Paralympics in 2008 and 2012. His best result in the Paralympics was the seventh place, achieved in 2008. He has competed at several World Championships, winning three gold medals in the individual time trial and one more gold medal in the road race.
