Esther Morales Fernández Explained

Esther Morales
Full Name:Esther Morales Fernández
Nationality:Spanish
Birth Date:9 August 1985
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Sport:Swimming (S10)
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Esther Morales Fernández (born 9 August 1985 in Barcelona) is an S10 swimmer from Spain.

Personal

She was born on 9 August 1985 in Barcelona. In 2012, she lived in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands.

Swimming

In 2007, she competed at the IDM German Open.[1] At the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland, Sarai Gascón Moreno, Ana Rubio, Morales and Julia Castelló won a bronze medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay.[2] In 2010, she competed at the Tenerife International Open.[3] Before the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands, she went to a swimming camp with the national team that was part of the Paralympic High Performance Program (HARP Program).[4] Eindhoven, Netherlands hosted the 2010 World Swimming Championships at which she competed. She qualified for the 50 meter freestyle finals, where she finished fifth. She also competed in the 100 meter backstroke event.[5] She was one of four Spanish swimmers at the World Championships that were affiliated with CTEIB, an institute created by the Government of the Balearic Islands intended to provide an education to elite high-performance sportspeople.[5] [6] From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[7] In 2013, she competed in the Championship of Spain by Autonomous Open Paralympic Swimming where she represented the Balearic Islands.[8]

Paralympics

Morales competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where she did not medal. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where she won a pair of bronze medals in the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter backstroke. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where she won a bronze in the 100 meter backstroke. She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where she did not medal.[9] She, Sarai Gascón Moreno, Teresa Perales and Isabel Yingüa Hernández finished fourth in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay event.[10] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 50 meter freestyle.[7] [11] Her first race was the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berlin, Germany. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen. de. Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
  2. Web site: España añade tres platas y seis bronces en los Europeos Paralímpicos | Polideportivo | AS.com . Masdeporte.as.com . 11 August 2013.
  3. Web site: Los nadadores paralímpicos baten siete récords de España en el Open Internacional de Tenerife — Natación — Esto es DxT . Estoesdxt.es . 11 August 2013 . es . Spain . 28 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928191201/http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=249&codeID=746 . dead .
  4. Web site: (Canarias) DEPORTES,NATACION > AREA: Deporte . Los nadadores paralímpicos baten siete récords de España — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias . ABC.es . 14 May 2010 . 11 August 2013 . es . Spain . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929053608/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=394482 . 29 September 2013 . dead .
  5. Web site: Quinta posición para Esther Morales y séptima para Xavi Torres en el Mundial de Natación Paralímpica | General . Deporte Balear . 2013-12-01 . December 23, 2013 . Spain . es.
  6. Web site: Informació . Ies Cteib . December 23, 2013 . Spain . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113202/http://www.iescteib.org/wordpress/ies-cteib/informacio/ . December 24, 2013 .
  7. Web site: Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC . Observatoridelesport.cat . November 22, 2013 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000531/http://www.observatoridelesport.cat/indicador.asp?subdim=3&id_ind=292&lng=esp . December 3, 2013 .
  8. Web site: Seis deportistas baleares competirán en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica . Mallorca Confidencial . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225175121/http://mallorcaconfidencial.com/20130308_103211-seis-deportistas-baleares-competiran-en-el-campeonato-de-espana-de-natacion-paralimpica.html . December 25, 2013 .
  9. Web site: Biografías. Comité Paralímpico Español. Spain. es. 2012. July 19, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829080128/http://www.paralimpico.es/publicacion/buscador/datosbiografia.asp?idatleta=77319687N. August 29, 2017. dead.
  10. Web site: Miguel Luque suma el único metal del día. Natación/Paralímpicos . Terra.es . 7 August 2013 . Spain . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929033433/http://www.terra.es/deportes/mas-deportes/noticias/articulo/miguel-luque-unico-1091877.htm . 29 September 2013 .
  11. Web site: Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos . Frecuenciadigital.es . 2013-11-23 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032545/http://www.frecuenciadigital.es/especiales/londres12/paralimpicos/destacados/14123-debutan-el-atletismo-y-la-roja-de-futbol-5-en-los-parlimpicos.html . 2013-12-03 .
  12. Web site: Esther Morales y Roberto Mena compiten mañana en los Juegos Paralímpicos . Balearesport . December 23, 2013 . Spain . es . https://archive.today/20131223190204/http://www.balearesport.com/esther-morales-y-roberto-mena-compiten-manana-en-los-juegos-paralimpicos/ . December 23, 2013 . dead .