Abel Ávila
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Full name | Abel Ávila Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||
Born | 15 March 1977 | (age 47)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | T12 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abel Ávila Rodríguez[a][1] (born 15 March 1977)[2] is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 middle distance events.
Athletics
Competing at the Greece hosted 2005 European Championships, he won a medal.[3] He medaled at the 2006 World Championships.[3] Competing at the 2009 IBSA European Championships, he won a medal.[3] Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.[4] From the Catalan region of Spain,[3] he was a recipient a Plan ADO scholarship.[5]
Paralympics
Abel has competed in three summer Paralympics, his first in 2000 proving to be his most successful winning a silver in his only event the 800m. In the two following games he competed in 800m and 1500m and in 2004 the 5000m all without any medal success.[6]
Notes
References
- ^ "Paralimpiadas - Deportista: Abel Ávila Rodríguez". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 9 September 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Atletas ciegos preparan en Logroño su participación en Londres 2012 — Web de la ONCE" (in Spanish). Once.es. 2008-09-16. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Atletas paralímpicos con discapacidad visual se entrenan en Logroño - Canal de Vídeos de" (in Spanish). Spain: Larioja.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
- ^ "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ^ profile on paralympic.org
External links
- Abel Avila at the International Paralympic Committee
- Abel Avila Rodríguez at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archived) (in Spanish)
- Abel Ávila récord del mundo de 10.000 metros at RunScore.net
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Spanish male athletes
- Spanish disability athletes
- Paralympic athletes of Spain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
- Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Plan ADOP alumni
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
- Spanish Paralympic medalist stubs