Abel Ávila Rodríguez[a][1] (born 15 March 1977)[2] is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 middle-distance events.
 Abel Ávila (number 2) in the men's 1500 metres T13 final at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Abel Ávila Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1977 (age 47) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T12 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Athletics
editCompeting at the Greece hosted 2005 European Championships, he won a medal.[3] He medaled at the 2006 World Championships.[3] Competing at the 2009 IBSA European Championships, he won a medal.[3] Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.[4] From the Catalan region of Spain,[3] he was a recipient a Plan ADO scholarship.[5]
Paralympics
editAbel has competed in three summer Paralympics, his first in 2000 proving to be his most successful winning a silver in his only event the 800m. In the two following games he competed in 800m and 1500m and in 2004 the 5000m all without any medal success.[6]
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ávila and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
References
edit- ^ "Paralimpiadas – Deportista: Abel Ávila Rodríguez". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 9 September 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Atletas ciegos preparan en Logroño su participación en Londres 2012 — Web de la ONCE" (in Spanish). Once.es. 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "Atletas paralímpicos con discapacidad visual se entrenan en Logroño – Canal de Vídeos de" (in Spanish). Spain: Larioja.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ profile on paralympic.org
External links
edit- Abel Avila at the International Paralympic Committee
- Abel Avila Rodríguez at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archived) (in Spanish)
- Abel Ávila récord del mundo de 10.000 metros at RunScore.net
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