Joan Munar Explained
Joan Munar Martínez (born 1 February 1996 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 track and field events.[1] He has a vision impairment.
Personal life
Munar was born on 1 February 1996 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. He has a vision impairment. He lived in the Baleric Islands.[2]
Athletics
Munar is a Paralympic T12 track and field athlete. He does not race with a sighted guide.[3] [4]
Munar has won the Mallorca Athletics Region Championship.[5] In 2011, he won the Spanish national championship.[5] He competed at the 2012 IPC European Athletics Championships and earned two golds in the 100 meter and 200 meter events.[2] [6] One of his golds came in the 200 meters.[7] He competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England where he finished 12th in the 100 meters and had a DNF in the 4 X 100 meter race.[8] [2] The 100 meters was his first race of the Games.[9] He ran in the semi-finals with his guide in the 4 × 100 meter race on the seventh day of the Games.[10] [11] [12] He was one of twenty-four members of the Spanish athletics team. Competing at the Games as a 16-year-old, he was the youngest member of the athletics team.[13] In May 2013, he competed in the Spanish national championships, where he earned a gold medal in the 200 meters and a silver in the 100 meters.[14] In July 2013, he participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.[15]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Paralimpiadas – Deportista: Joan Munar Martínez . 2020-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120905225958/http://www.sanitas-paralimpiadas.es/Joan-Munar-Martinez.html . 2012-09-05 . live .
- Web site: Atletas ciegos preparan en Logroño su participación en Londres 2012 — Web de la ONCE . Once.es . 2008-09-16 . 2013-11-23 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234014/http://www.once.es/new/sala-de-prensa/historico-de-notas-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa-2012/ndp-agosto-2012/atletas-ciegos-preparan-en-logrono-su . 2013-12-02 . live .
- Web site: Joan Munar Martinez Of Spain And Andrey Koptev... Fotografía de noticias | Getty Images España | 151263179 . Gettyimages.es . 2012-09-05 . July 9, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235142/http://www.gettyimages.es/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/joan-munar-martinez-of-spain-and-andrey-koptev-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/151263179 . December 30, 2013 . live .
- News: Picture . Shreveport Times . 2012 . July 9, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701010041/http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D9&Date=20120905&Category=SPORTS&ArtNo=209050802&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=22&template=iphonegallery&nclick_check=1 . July 1, 2015 .
- Web site: La ONCE homenajea a los deportistas ciegos de Mallorca . Mallorca Confidencial . February 17, 2012 . July 9, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230073325/http://mallorcaconfidencial.com/20120217_74853-la-once-homenajea-a-los-deportistas-ciegos-de-mallorca.html . December 30, 2013 . dead . mdy-all .
- Web site: Biography & Results — MUNAR MARTINEZ Joan . https://archive.today/20131228071248/http://ipcat.msl.es/ZBB101A_AT@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_number=17904.htm . dead . December 28, 2013 . Ipcat.msl.es . December 26, 2013 . es . Spain .
- Web site: Christoph Bausch holt EM-Titel — Mehr Sport, Sport . news.ch . de . July 9, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235400/http://www.news.ch/Christoph+Bausch+holt+EM+Titel/547493/detail.htm . December 30, 2013 . live .
- Web site: Biografías. Comité Paralímpico Español. Spain. es. 2012. June 28, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160331161320/http://www.paralimpicos.es/web/2012LONPV/participantes/datosbiografia.asp?idatleta=AAA270984. March 31, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
- 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 .
- Web site: Joan Munar Martinez Of Spain And Andrey Koptev... Fotografía de noticias . Getty Images . 2012-09-05 . December 26, 2013 . es . Spain . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235142/http://www.gettyimages.es/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/joan-munar-martinez-of-spain-and-andrey-koptev-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/151263179 . December 30, 2013 . live .
- Web site: iPhone gallery picture . Shreveport Times . December 26, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701010041/http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=D9&Date=20120905&Category=SPORTS&ArtNo=209050802&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=22&template=iphonegallery&nclick_check=1 . July 1, 2015 .
- Web site: London Paralympics Athletics . Bigstory.ap.org . 2012-09-05 . December 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234041/http://bigstory.ap.org/photo/london-paralympics-athletics-493 . December 30, 2013 . live .
- Web site: Spain confirm squad of 142 for London 2012 - insidethegames.biz — Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News . insidethegames.biz . July 12, 2012 . December 26, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225145843/http://www.insidethegames.biz/paralympics/summer-paralympics/2012/1010504-spain-confirm-paralympic-squad-for-london . December 25, 2013 . live .
- Web site: Federación Española De Deportes De Personas Con Discapacidad Física . Feddf.es . May 26, 2013 . Spain . es . July 13, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011444/http://www.feddf.es/ampliar.asp?id=2008 . September 24, 2015 . dead .
- Web site: Antonio Andújar y José Martínez Morote competirán en Francia en el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico | El Pueblo de Albacete diario digital . Elpueblodealbacete.com . July 24, 2012 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221707/http://www.elpueblodealbacete.com/noticias/45877-antonio-andujar-y-jose-martinez-morote-competiran-en-francia-en-el-mundial-de-atletismo-paralimpico/ . December 2, 2013 .