Spain at the Paralympics explained

Npc:ESP
Npcname:Spanish Paralympic Committee
Games:Paralympics
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Rank:12
Gold:236
Silver:253
Bronze:254

Athletes from Spain have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1968 Summer events and the country hosted the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Competitors have represented Spain in ten of the twelve Summer Paralympics, missing only the first two events in Rome and Tokyo.

Spain's breakthrough year came in 1992 when they hosted the event; their medal tally rocketed with a level of performance that would be maintained for the following two events. The 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney saw their greatest achievements at the Games but the medal victories were overshadowed by a cheating controversy that would change the way that intellectually disabled competitors were tested for their disability (see Cheating at the Paralympic Games).[1]

Teams

Traditionally, Spain has sent three times as many male competitors as female competitors. At the same time, women have won 48.39% of all Spain's Paralympic medals compared to 24.32% for men.[2]

Multi medalists

Spanish athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals.

No.AthleteSportYearsGamesGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Purificacion Santamarta1980-20047F114116
2Richard Oribe1992-20126M96217
3Sebastián Rodríguez2000-20165M83415
4Teresa Perales2000-20165F791026
5Sara Carracelas Garcia1996-20084F61310
6Javier Conde1992-20085M7209
7Júlio Requena1992-20003M5128
8Javier Torres1996-20084M43310
9Enhamed Enhamed2004-20124M41510
10David Casinos2000-20165M4015
11Antonio Cid1992-20044M3216
12Ricardo Ten1996-20207M3137
13Jesus Collado Alarcon2000-20124M3036
14Michelle Alonso2012-20203F3003
15Enrique Floriano2000-20123M2428
16Miguel Luque2000-20206M2327
17Christian Venge2000-20124M2215
18Beatriz Mendoza1992-20003F2136
19Juan Viedma1992-20003M2125
20Deborah Font2000-20124F1247
21Sarai Gascón Moreno2008-20163F0516
22José Manuel Ruiz Reyes2000-20165M0325

Medal tallies

Summer Paralympics

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking
did not participate
did not participate
0 3 1 4 20th of 22
0 4 1 5 27th of 31
4 6 2 12 22nd of 32
1 13 9 23 28th of 40
21 10 12 43 11th of 38
18 13 12 43 13th of 48
39 32 49 120 4th of 55
39 31 36 106 5th of 60
38 30 38 106 4th of 68
20 27 24 71 7th of 75
15 21 22 58 10th of 76
8 18 16 42 17th of 75
9 14 9 32 11th of 83
9 15 12 36 15th of 86
Total 222 207 241 670 11

Winter Paralympics

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking
0 0 0 0
1 2 1 4 11th of 22
0 1 3 4 17th of 19
1 6 3 10 13th of 25
8 0 0 8 7th of 31
3 2 2 7 12th of 22
0 1 1 2 13th of 19
1 2 0 3 13th of 21
1 1 1 3 13th of 19
0 1 1 2 23rd of 26
Total 15 16 12 43 16

Medals by winter sport

See also

Notes and References

  1. IPC. 2 February 2003. "INAS-FID Eligibility System Unsatisfactory: Athletes with Intellectual Disability Cannot Participate". Accessed 14 August 2007.
  2. Web site: Federación Mujeres Jóvenes . Mujeresjovenes.org . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227061345/http://www.mujeresjovenes.org/noticias2.php?id=198 . 27 December 2013 .