| Spain at the 2010 Winter Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ESP |
| NPC | Spanish Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Competitors | 5 in 1 sport |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Spain sent 5 competitors to compete in one discipline at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The following Spanish athletes won medals at the Games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Jon Santacana Guide: Miguel Galindo | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill, visually impaired | March 18 |
 Silver | Jon Santacana Guide: Miguel Galindo | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom, visually impaired | March 14 |
| Silver | Jon Santacana Guide: Miguel Galindo | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom, visually impaired | March 16 |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Anna Cohí | Slalom visually impaired | 1:17.90 | +22.00 | 11 | 1:06.42 | +1.76 | 4 | 2:24.32 | +23.76 | 9 |
| Giant slalom visually impaired | 1:37.12 | +11.68 | 5 | 1:38.54 | +7.33 | 5 | 3:15.66 | +19.01 | 5 | |
| Downhill visually impaired | 1:45.94 | +18.43 | 7 | |||||||
| Super-G visually impaired | 1:46.12 | +12.31 | 6 | |||||||
| Super combined visually impaired | 1:50.51 | +15.25 | 5 | 1:01.34 | +1.99 | 3 | 2:51.85 | +17.24 | 4 | |
| Úrsula Pueyo | Slalom standing | DNF | n/a | |||||||
| Giant slalom standing | DSQ | n/a | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Andrés Boira | Slalom visually impaired | 54.17 | +4.29 | 11 | 1:00.61 | +5.20 | 7 | 1:54.78 | +8.96 | 7 |
| Giant slalom visually impaired | 1:32.19 | +12.82 | 16 | 1:36.61 | +15.18 | 12 | 3:08.80 | +26.81 | 12 | |
| Super-G visually impaired | 1:36.71 | +15.16 | 15 | |||||||
| Super combined visually impaired | 1:40.70 | +16.85 | 11 | 53.61 | +3.14 | 8 | 2:34.31 | +19.70 | 9 | |
| Gabriel Gorce | Slalom visually impaired | 52.10 | +2.22 | 6 | DSQ | n/a | ||||
| Giant slalom visually impaired | 1:28.18 | +8.81 | 11 | 1:33.51 | +11.08 | 9 | 3:01.69 | +19.70 | 10 | |
| Downhill visually impaired | DSQ | n/a | ||||||||
| Super-G visually impaired | 1:35.40 | +13.85 | 14 | |||||||
| Super combined visually impaired | 1:28.86 | +5.01 | 8 | 55.18 | +4.71 | 9 | 2:24.04 | +9.43 | 8 | |
| Jon Santacana Guide: Miguel Galindo | Slalom visually impaired | 49.88 | 0.00 | 1 | 57.03 | +1.62 | 3 | 1:46.91 | +1.09 | |
| Giant slalom visually impaired | 1:19.77 | +0.40 | 2 | 1:22.43 | 0.00 | 1 | 2:42.20 | +0.21 | | |
| Downhill visually impaired | 1:18.23 | 0.00 | | |||||||
| Super-G visually impaired | 1:23.21 | +1.66 | 5 | |||||||
| Super combined visually impaired | 1:24.87 | +1.02 | 3 | DNF | n/a | |||||
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