Sevilian Abel Vázquez feels like this is his last chance. This judoka has been in two Paralympic games, is a nine-time champion of Spain in the blind people category and won a silver medal at the 2013 European championships. All the good work done over the last year, has enabled him to compete in the […]
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José Manuel Ruiz Reyes, a champion with an extensive background in Paralympic table tennis
The games in Rio de Janeiro will be his sixth Paralympic games. Table tennis player José Manuel Ruiz Reyes, from Guadix (Granada) is a world and European champion. He won a silver medal at the games in Sydney in 2000 and a bronze 12 years later in London. He also plays in the Superdivision at […]
Melitón Briñas, adaptive clay pigeon shooting with Olympic ambitions
He was born without part of his left arm, but that didn’t prevent him from trying clay pigeon shooting with his dad. And just like that Melitón Briñas, from Baza a province in Granada, was hooked. In the Paralympic shooting category, he won a silver medal at the World Championships in Germany in 2014. Previously […]
Simón Cruz, the Spanish worldwide standard bearer of adapted badminton
In 1999 Simón Cruz suffered a workplace accident where he lost a leg, and since then he has dedicated his energy to sports, first in swimming and later in adapted badminton. With this sport he has succeeded in being proclaimed the Spanish champion in 5 occasions. Presently, as a member of the Club BadFlay, he […]