PARALYMPIC GAMES

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PARALYMPIC GAMES
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IES JOSEP MARIA QUADRADOCIUTADELLA DE MENORCA

• SPAIN

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SPANISH SPORTSMEN
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ATHLETICS

• Javier Conde (physical disability)
• Six world records.
• Seven gold medals.
• One silver medal.

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BOCCIA

• Santiago Pesquera (cerebral quadriplegy)
• Sidney one silver medal. He was proclaimed
  champion of the world.

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SWIMMING

• Xavier Torres
• Personal Winning
• Barcelona '92 Paralympic Games. Barcelona
  (Spain).- 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze
  medals.- 1 World Record.
• Atlanta '96 Paralympic Championship. Atlanta
  (Georgia - USA). 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze
  medals. 1 World Record.
• Sydney '2000 Paralympic Championship. Sydney (New
  South Wales). 3 Gold and 1 Bronze medals. 3
  World Records

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BIOGRAPHY

• City of born Palma, Mallorca
• Disability Congenital amputation of four limbs.
• Job Swimmer and Tv commentars.
• Manager Leo Iglesias.
• Coach
• Llorenç Canyelles.
• Maria Castanyer.
• Esperanza Álvarez.
• Joan Carles Gregorio.
• Toni Pomar (he is the actuallity coach).
• Studies Teacher of Sport Activities in the
  Balearic Islands University and others.

• His family, enviroment and sport, have helped him
  on fighting versus any kind of trauma.
• Xavi Torres began to swim almost like a therapy,
  in the water he used to feel better, to feel
  free, with more movement anc coordination.
• In school, he never felt like being different, he
  used to be as normal as the rest of the people in
  his class.

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CYCLING

• Javier Otxoa.
• Athens ?Silver and bronze medals.

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FOOTBALL

• Adolfo Acosta Rodríquez (blind)
• One bronze medal.

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GOAL BALL

• Roberto Abenia
• He won a bronze medal.

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TABLE TENNIS

• Jordi Morales
• -Physical disability
• Athens ? Bronze medal.

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SHOOTING

• Manuel Candela
• He has taken part in three Paralympic Games.

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ARCHERY

• José Marín
• He took part in the last Paralympic Games.

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POWER LIFTING

• Antonio Arranz
• He took part in the Athens Paralympic Games.

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RUGBY
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TENNIS

• Bárbara Vidal
• -physical and tetraplejic disability.
• She competed indivudual or equipment.

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FENCING

• Gemma Hassen-Bey (physical disability)
• Barcelona two bronze medals. Atlanta one
  bronze medal

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SAILING

• José Maria Lastra
• -mental disability
• He took part in the 1996 and 2000 Paralympic
  Games.

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JUDO

• David García
• -blind
• He participed in Sidney Paralympic Games and won
  a silver medal.

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HORSE RIDING

• Sonia Villalba
• -cerebral disability
• She has won a Spanish competition of horse
  riding.

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VOLLEYBALL
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BASKETBALL

• Álvaro Mora
• -physical disability
• He is a pivot.

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NORDIC SKI

• Carmen García
• -blind
• She has won three modalities in the World
  Competition in Canada.

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ICE HOCKEY
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ALPINE SKI

• Eric Villalón
• He won four gold medals.

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IN OUR CENTER

• Activities
• Swimming, every one? once a week.
• Horse riding, every one? once a month.
• Physiotherapy? only physical disabilities.