Jorge Cardona
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| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||
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November 2, 1987 Zaragoza | |||||||||||||||
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 Spain | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Table tennis (Class 10) | |||||||||||||||
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Jorge Cardona Marquez (born November 2, 1987 in Zaragoza) is a Class 10 table tennis athlete from Spain.[1]
Personal
In 2013, he was awarded the bronze Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo,[2][3] at a ceremony at the Teatro de Madrid Cofidis, and attended by Princess Elena, Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, José Ignacio Wert, the president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), Miguel Cardinal, and the Director General of Sports of CSD, Ana Muñoz.[4]
Table tennis
He is a class 10 table tennis player.[5] He won a gold medal at the 2007 European Championships in 2007. At the Italian hosted 2009 European Championships, he won a gold medal.[5] In 2010 at the South Korean hosted World Championships, he finished second.[5] He competed in the 2013 European Championships, earning a bronze in the individual event and a silver in the silver in the team event.[5] In October 2013, he was ranked eighth in the world in his classification.[5]
Paralympics
He played table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. In 2008, he finished second in team table tennis.[1] In 2012, he finished third in team Class 9-10.[1][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ↑ "El paralímpico extremeño Enrique Floriano recibe la Medalla de la Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo" (in (Spanish)). Region Digital. October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ↑ "El recuerdo a María de Villota marca la entrega de Reales Órdenes al Mérito Deportivo" (in (Spanish)). 20minutos.es. October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Michelle Alonso Morales, entre las grandes del deporte espaĂąol" (in (Spanish)). Diario de Avisos. October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Cardona, octavo del mundo" (in (Spanish)). Aragondigital.es. 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
- ↑ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in (Spanish)). Frecuenciadigital.es. Retrieved 2013-11-23.