Laura García Benítez Explained

Laura García Benitez
Nationality:Spanish
Sport:Judo
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Laura García Benitez (born 19 April 1981 in Pamplona) is a Spanish judoka who has represented Spain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal

García was born on 19 April 1981 in Pamplona,[1] and is from the Navarre region of Spain.[2] Her father practiced karate but because of her vision problems, she was unable to follow him in the sport.[1]

García has lived in Barañáin.[1] She attended Colegio Público Eulza.[1] She attended the Polytechnic Carlos III in Pamplona, where she trained to become a kindergarten assistant.[1] Following the completion of her program, she decided instead to sell coupons for ONCE.[1]

Judo

García took up judo when she was eight years old and living in Lagunak because a friend was practicing the sport. After three years, she stopped playing it, only to take it up again when she was twenty-one years old.[1]

Competing at the 2007 IPC European Judo Championships in Azerbaijan, García came away with a bronze medal.[1] In April 2008, she was one of four Navarre sportspeople on the short list to attend the Beijing Paralympics.[3] Prior to the 2008 Games, she trained in France.[3] That year, she had financial support to compete at the highest level because of funding through Plan ADOP.[3] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in judo[1] as a 27-year-old in the less than 48 kilogram group.[3] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[4] In 2011, she competed at the IPC Judo World Championships.[1] In 2012, she was coached by Yolanda Soler and José Tomás Toro while based in Larrabide.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the less than 48 kilogram group. She lost her first match and then lost in the repechage.[5] One of her matches was against Ukrainian Yuliya During.[6] Overall, she finished in seventh place, enough to get her a Paralympic diploma.[7] The 2013 IPC European Judo Championships were held in early December in Eger, Hungary, and she competed in them.[8] [9] [10] [11] In July 2013, she was one of 306 from Navarre named as a "Deportistas de élite",[12] a category of Spanish elite sportspeople that provides a number of benefits.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Federación Mujeres Jóvenes . Mujeresjovenes.org . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227061345/http://www.mujeresjovenes.org/noticias2.php?id=198 . 27 December 2013 . dead .
  2. Web site: Malagueña Herrera y granadino Del Valle, entre favoritos en Hungría . 3 December 2013 . Mundodeportivo.com . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain.
  3. Web site: Espíritu de superación — NAVARRA DEPORTE — Diario de Navarra . 23 April 2008 . Diariodenavarra.es . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain.
  4. Web site: Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad . Servimedia.es . 26 December 2013 . Spain . es.
  5. Web site: JJ.PP. Londres 2012 — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes . Government of Spain . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123431/http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/competicion/app/JJPP_Londres_2012/competicionwebHorariosDeporte?id=111 . 2 April 2015 . dead .
  6. Web site: Laura Garcia Benitez Of Spain Competes Against... Fotografía de noticias | Getty Images España | 150997261 . Gettyimages.es . 2012-08-30 . 26 December 2013 . Spain . es.
  7. Web site: Judo Reshinkan y el equipo parolímpico Español | General . Deporte Balear . 6 December 2013 . 26 December 2013 . Spain . es.
  8. Web site: El diario de Alhaurín de la Torre . diariolatorre.es . 2 August 2007 . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227045625/http://www.diariolatorre.es/index.php?id=39&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=27178&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=11&cHash=25b6d2cb9b . 27 December 2013 .
  9. Web site: Carmen Herrera y Mónica Merenciano lucharán en Hungría por conquistar el Campeonato de Europa de Judo Paralímpico . MARCA.com . 2013-12-26.
  10. Web site: Deportes. carmen herrera y mónica merenciano lucharán en hungría por conquistar el campeonato de europa de judo paralímpico — EcoDiario.es . Ecodiario.eleconomista.es . 3 December 2013 . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain.
  11. Web site: El coruñés Adrián Rodríguez, hasta Hungría por un sueño — La Opinión A Coruña . Laopinioncoruna.es . 4 December 2013 . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain.
  12. Web site: Diario de Noticias de Navarra. Noticias de última hora locales, nacionales, e internacionales . Noticias de Navarra . 30 July 2013 . 26 December 2013 . Spain . es . dead . https://archive.today/20131226215818/http://m.noticiasdenavarra.com/2013/07/30/deportes/otros-deportes/el-gobierno-elige-a-la-elite . 26 December 2013 .
  13. Web site: Deportistas de Élite — Beneficios . Esport . 24 January 2006 . 26 December 2013 . Spain . es.

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