Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.[1]

Spain at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeESP
NPCSpanish Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralimpicos.es (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors142 in 15 sports
Flag bearer Teresa Perales (swimming)
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
8
Silver
18
Bronze
16
Total
42
Summer Paralympics appearances

Spain sent 142 competitors to London, 23% of whom were women.[2] The team was composed of 224 people, with 127 sportspeople and 15 guides, and 82 support staff. They competed in 15 different sports,[2] and 74% of the competitors had connections to a high performance sport center in Spain.[2]

Medalists
Main article: 2012 Summer Paralympics medal table

The Spanish Paralympic Committee had €600,000 to allocate to Spanish Paralympic medalists. For sportspeople eligible for only one medal, they were eligible for €15,000 for a gold, €7,500 for a silver and €4,500 for a bronze. For sportspeople eligible for more than one medal, golds were €10,000, silvers were worth €5,000 and bronze medals were worth €3,000. In team sports, gold medals were worth €5,000, silver medals were worth €2,500 and bronze medals were worth €1,500.[2]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldAlfonso CabelloCyclingMen's 1 km time trial C4-531 August
 GoldMaría del Carmen Herrera GómezJudoWomen's 70 kg1 September
 GoldDavid CasinosAthleticsMen's discus throw F112 September
 GoldJosé Antonio Expósito PiñeiroAthleticsMen's long jump F204 September
 GoldChristian VengeCyclingMen's road time trial B5 September
 GoldMichelle AlonsoSwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststroke SB146 September
 GoldTeresa PeralesSwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle S58 September
 GoldAlberto Suárez LasoAthleticsMen's Marathon - T129 September
 SilverEnrique FlorianoSwimmingMen's 400 metre freestyle S1230 August
 SilverSebastián RodríguezSwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle S530 August
 SilverTeresa PeralesSwimmingWomen's 50 metre freestyle S530 August
 SilverSarai GascónSwimmingWomen's 100 metre butterfly S930 August
 SilverJosé Enrique Porto Lareo
José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (guide)		CyclingMen's 1km time trial B1 September
 SilverSebastián RodríguezSwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle S51 September
 SilverTeresa PeralesSwimmingWomen's 200 metre freestyle S51 September
 SilverÁlvaro ValeraTable tennisMen's individual C62 September
 SilverMiguel LuqueSwimmingMen's 50 metre breaststroke SB33 September
 SilverJuan Antonio Saavedra ReinaldoShootingMixed 50 metre rifle prone SH14 September
 SilverElena CongostAthleticsWomen's 1500 metres T124 September
 SilverRichard OribeSwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle S45 September
 SilverEnhamed EnhamedSwimmingMen's 100 metre butterfly S116 September
 SilverEnhamed EnhamedSwimmingMen's 400 metre freestyle S117 September
 SilverJordi Morales
Álvaro Valera		Table tennisMen's team C6-87 September
 SilverTeresa PeralesSwimmingWomen's 50 metre butterfly S57 September
 SilverJosefa Benítez
María Noriega (guide)		CyclingWomen's road race B8 September
 SilverAbderrahman Ait KhamouchAthleticsMen's Marathon - T469 September
 BronzeMiguel Ángel Clemente Solano
Diego Javier Muñoz (guide)		CyclingMen's individual pursuit B30 August
 BronzeDeborah FontSwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle S1230 August
 BronzeMónica Merenciano HerreroJudoWomen's 57 kg31 August
 BronzeMarta Arce PaynoJudoWomen's 63 kg31 August
 BronzeTeresa PeralesSwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley SM531 August
 BronzeEnhamed EnhamedSwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle S111 September
 BronzeJosé Enrique Porto Lareo
José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (guide)		CyclingMen's sprint B2 September
 BronzeRicardo TenSwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB44 September
 BronzeTeresa PeralesSwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststroke SB44 September
 BronzeMaurice EckhardCyclingMen's road time trial C25 September
 BronzeJosé Antonio MariSwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle S95 September
 BronzeSarai GascónSwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle S97 September
 BronzeSpain national football 5-a-side team
Álvaro González Alcaraz
José Luis Giera Tejuelo
Francisco Muñoz Pérez
Adolfo Acosta Rodríguez
José López Ramírez
Alfredo Cuadrado Freire
Antonio Martín Gaitán
Youssef El Haddaoui Rabii
Marcelo Rosado Carrasco
Raúl Díaz Ortín		Football 5-a-sideMen's Football 5-a-side - B18 September
 BronzeSebastián RodríguezSwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle S58 September
 BronzeRichard OribeSwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle S48 September
 BronzeJorge Cardona
José Manuel Ruiz		Table tennisMen's team C9-108 September

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Rank
Guillermo Rodriguez Gonzalez Men's individual compound open 649 13  Shcherbakov (RUS)
W 6-4		  Stubbs (GBR)
W 6-4		  Simonelli (ITA)
W 6-4		  Stutzman (USA)
L 4-6		  Hancı (TUR)
L 2-6		 4
Jose Marin Rodriguez Men's individual recurve W1/W2 591 11  Ajima (JPN)
W 6-0		  Jung Y J (KOR)
L 2-6		 Did not advance

Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Rank
Maria Rubio Larrion Women's individual compound open 637 9 N/A  Britton (GBR)
W 6-4		  Brown (GBR)
L 4-6		 Did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain sent 24 track and field competitors to London. Joan Munar Martínez was the youngest member of the team at 16 years of age.[3] Competitors in track and field for Spain include Elena Congost Mohedano,[4] José Martínez Morote and Antonio Andujar Arroyo.[5]

Boccia
Main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Individual events
Athlete Event Seeding matches Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
José Prado Prado Mixed individual BC1 Bye  Tadtong (THA)
L 4-5		 Did not advance
Pedro Cordero Martin Mixed individual BC2 Bye  Sousa Santos (BRA)
L 1-9		 Did not advance
Manuel Martin Perez Bye  Papadakis (GRE)
W 4-3		  Valente (POR)
L 3-3		 Did not advance
Veronica Pamies Morera Mixed individual BC3 Bye  Thomas (GBR)
L 1-8		 Did not advance
Sandra Pena Cortes Bye  Hagdahl (SWE)
W 3-2		  de Laender (BEL)
L 2-8		 Did not advance
José Rodríguez Vázquez Bye  McCowan (GBR)
L 0-11		 Did not advance
Jose Dueso Villar Mixed individual BC4  Zheng Y (CHN)
L 0-9		 N/A  Procházka (CZE)
L 4-6		 Did not advance

Pairs and team events
Athlete Event Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Veronica Pamies Morera
Sandra Pena Cortes
Jose Rodriguez Vazquez		 Pairs BC3  Belgium (BEL)
L 1-12		  Portugal (POR)
L 0-7		  Thailand (THA)
L 0-9		 4 Did not advance
Francisco Beltran Manero
Pedro Cordero Martin
Manuel Martin Perez
Jose Prado Prado		 Team BC1-2  Japan (JPN)
L 3-8		  Hong Kong (HKG)
L 4-6		 N/A 3 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side
Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain qualified for the 5-a-side tournament.

The following is the Spain squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No. Pos. Player Age Club
1GKÁlvaro González Alcaraz37C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
3FWJosé Luis Giera Tejuelo27Once Alicante
4MFFrancisco Muñoz Pérez26Once Tarragona
6DFAdolfo Acosta Rodríguez31Once Madrid
7FWJosé López Ramírez36Once Tarragona
8DFAlfredo Cuadrado Freire43C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
9MFAntonio Martín Gaitán30C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
10MFYoussef El Haddaoui23Once Tarragona
11MFMarcelo Rosado Carrasco33C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
13GKRaúl Díaz Ortín32Once Murcia
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain (ESP) 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Qualified for the medal round
2  Argentina (ARG) 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3  Iran (IRI) 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3 Qualified for the classification round
4  Great Britain (GBR) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source:
Great Britain 1–1 Spain
Clarke  22' Report Martín Gaitán  20' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,630
Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)
Spain 2–0 Iran
Martín Gaitán  13', 22' Report
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)
Spain 0–0 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 1,836
Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)
Semifinal
Spain 0–2 France
Report Villeroux  23', 49'
Attendance: 1,796
Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)
Bronze medal match
Spain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Report
Penalties
Martín Gaitán
Rosado Carrasco
Giera Tejuelo 		1–0 Rodriguez
Velo
Deldo
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1		 Repechage
round 2		 Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
David García del Valle Men's 66kg  Falcon (VEN)
W 0011-0012		  Khorava (UKR)
L 0000-0100		 N/A  Ali Lamri (ALG)
L 0000-0100
Abel Vazquez Cortijo Men's 81kg  Shevchenko (RUS)
W 0100-0020		  Effron (ARG)
L 0000-0200		 N/A  Cruz Alonso (CUB)
L 0013-0102
Women
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Laura García Benítez Women's 48kg  Halinska (UKR)
L 0000-0101		 N/A  Potapova (RUS)
L 0000-0100		 Did not advance
Monica Merenciano Herrero Women's 57kg  Simon (USA)
W 0101-0000		  da Silva Teixeira (BRA)
L 0002-1011		 N/A  Coadou (FRA)
W 1011-0002
Marta Arce Payno Women's 63kg  Pernheim (SWE)
W 0210-0000		  Rodriguez Clark (CUB)
L 0100-1000		 N/A  Tolppanen (FIN)
W 1000-0100
Carmen Herrera Women's 70kg  Ruvalcaba (MEX)
W 0040-0002		  Zhou (CHN)
W 0010-0002		 N/A  Savostyanova (RUS)
W 0220-0002

Powerlifting
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
Loida Zabala Ollero Women's 48kg 98.0 5

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain sent only one rower to London, Juan Pablo Barcia.[2]

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Tomas Piñas Men's singles C3  Ohgren (SWE)
L 1-3		  Makszin (ROU)
W 3-0		 1 Q N/A  Feng (CHN)
L 0-3		 Did not advance
Miguel Rodriguez  Breuchle (GER)
L 1-3		  Kramminger (AUT)
L 0-3		 3 Did not advance
Alvaro Valera Men's singles C6 Bye N/A  Chen (CHN)
W 3-0		  Grundeler (FRA)
W 3-0		  Thainiyom (THA)
L 0-3
Jordi Morales Men's singles C7  Schwinn (GER)
W 3-0		  Dourbecker (FRA)
W 3-1		 1 Q N/A  Wollmert (GER)
L 2-3		 Did not advance
Jorge Cardona Men's singles C10  Karabec (CZE)
L 0-3		  Powrozniak (POL)
W 3-1		 2 Did not advance
Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes Bye N/A  Berecki (HUN)
W 3-2		  Chojnowski (POL)
L 0-3		  Jacobs (INA)
L 1-3		 4
Jordi Morales
Alvaro Valera		 Men's team C6-8 N/A  South Korea (KOR)
W 3-0		  China (CHN)
W 3-1		  Germany (GER)
W 3-0		  Poland (POL)
L 0-3
Jorge Cardona
Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes		 Men's team C9-10 N/A  Hungary (HUN)
W 3-0		  Poland (POL)
L 2-3		  Ukraine (UKR)
W 3-1

Wheelchair basketball
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men

The Spanish men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with the United States, Australia, South Africa, Italy and Turkey.

Squad list
(classification points)		 Group stage[7] Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
From:
  • Roberto Mena Perez (4.0)
  • Diego de Paz Pazo (4.0)
  • Bernabe Costas de Miranda (2.5)
  • Daniel Rodriguez Martin (1.0)
  • Francisco Sanchez Lara (1.0)
  • Alejandro Zarzuela Beltran (3.0)
  • Ismael Garcia Moreno (4.0)
  • Asier Garcia Pereiro (4.0)
  • Jesus Romero Martin (3.0)
  • Rafael Muino Gamez (2.0)
  • David Mouriz Dopico (2.5)
  • Jaume Llambi Riera (1.5)
  United States
L 63-55
 Australia
L 75–59
 South Africa
W 74–50
 Italy
W 67–40
 Turkey
W 67–64
Group stage
Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Australia 550372259+11310
 Turkey 532331302+298+6
 United States 532330259+718−1
 Spain 532322292+308−5
 Italy 514260309−496
 South Africa 505204398−1945
30 August 2012
10:45
Spain  67–40  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–14, 14–8, 14–6
Pts: De Paz Pazo 18
Rebs: Garcia Moreno 11
Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5		 Pts: Raimondi, Cavagnini 8
Rebs: Cavagnini 7
Asts: Raimondi, Moukhariq 3
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Rui Marques (BRA)
31 August 2012
15:15
South Africa  50–74  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 13–20, 9–19, 17–14
Pts: Jellows, Nortje 11
Rebs: Nortje 9
Asts: Papenfus 5		 Pts: Zarzuela Beltrán 24
Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6
Asts: Muiño Gámez 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Karen Molina (COL)
1 September 2012
20:45
Australia  75–59  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–12, 16–23, 15–9
Pts: Norris 25
Rebs: Eveson, Latham 8
Asts: Eveson 7		 Pts: García Pereiro 23
Rebs: García Pereiro 6
Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)
2 September 2012
20:45
Spain  67–64  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 14–16, 21–13, 19–21
Pts: De Paz Pazo 19
Rebs: De Paz Pazo, Zarzuela Beltrán 7
Asts: de Paz Pazo 8		 Pts: Gürbulak 18
Rebs: Gürbulak 9
Asts: Gürbulak 4
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Krunoslav Peić (CRO)
3 September 2012
21:15
United States  63–55  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 19–10, 16–15, 13–16
Pts: Nelms 21
Rebs: Jenifer 9
Asts: three players 5		 Pts: Muiño Gámez 15
Rebs: Romero Martín 7
Asts: De Paz Pazo 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)
Quarter-final
5 September 2012
19:00
Canada  77–51  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–13, 14–16, 20–10
Pts: Anderson 16
Rebs: Anderson 14
Asts: Durepos, Anderson 6		 Pts: García Moreno 16
Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6
Asts: García Moreno 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)
5th–8th place semi-final
7 September 2012
15:15
Turkey  78–86 (OT)  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 16–22, 12–12, 19–16, Overtime: 10–18
Pts: Gürbulak, Gümüş 24
Rebs: Gümüş 9
Asts: Gürbulak 9		 Pts: De Paz Pazo 24
Rebs: De Paz Pazo 12
Asts: García Pereiro 10
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)
5th/6th place match
8 September 2012
15:15
Germany  48–67  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 14–16, 12–18, 13–23
Pts: Bienek 14
Rebs: Bienek 5
Asts: Wolk 10		 Pts: De Paz Pazo 17
Rebs: De Paz Pazo 6
Asts: De Paz Pazo 9
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

Wheelchair fencing
Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

References
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  3. "Spain confirm squad of 142 for London 2012 - insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News". insidethegames.biz. July 12, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
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