Jose Marin Rodriguez
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José Manuel Marín Rodríguez (born July 19, 1971 in Adra, Almería) is an archer from Spain. He has represented Spain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He has also competed in several world championships.
Personal
Marin was born on July 19, 1971 in Adra, Almería. He is a paraplegic. In 2012, he lived in Roquetas de Mar, Almería.[1][2]
Archery
Marin is an amateur ARW2 classified archer[1][2] who has used a lot of his own money to fund his hobby.[1]
In 2001 Marin finished fifth in the men's recurve event at the European Championship in Vichy in Southern France.[2] Madrid hosted the 2003 IPC World Championships, where Marin finished 16th in the individual W2 event and seventh in the team recurve event.[2] He took home a gold medal at the 2006 European Championship held in Nymburk, Czech Republic.[2] Nymburk, Czech Republic again hosted the location of Marin's next gold medal which he won the men's individual recurve event at the 2009 CTO World Championships.[2]
In 2010 at the Spanish national adaptive indoor championships, Marin finished fourth in the wheelchair men's recurve after losing to Manuel Candela in the bronze medal match.[3] In August 2010, he participated in the Vichy, France hosted European adaptive archery championships. Missing the semi-finals, he finished ninth.[4] Vitoria-Gasteiz hosted the Spanish adaptive archery national indoor championships in February 2011, with Marin winning the men's recurve event.[5][6] In April 2011, he participated in a Spanish adaptive archery competition, winning a preliminary match 5 ends to 3. He went on to the first place finals, defeating Antonio Sánchez in a tiebreaker draw following a tie of 5 ends to 5.[7] Ibiza hosted the June 2011 Spanish adaptive championships, which Marin earned a gold medal in his event after defeating Sergio Llamas in a head to head final.[8] The World Championships were held in July 2011, where Marin finished ninth in the men's W1-W2 recurve event.[9]
The London qualifying competition was held in August 2011 at Stoke Mandeville, with Marin competing to try to earn Spain one of the twenty qualifying sports on offer. There was no funding for him and other Spanish archers to compete at the London hosted event because Federación Española de persones con Discapacitad Física refused to prioritize the sport after poor performances by Spanish archers at the previous world championships. Funding to attend instead came from regional sports federations.[10] Club Arquero Chiclana organized the 2012 Spanish national championships in June 2012. There, Marin finished first in the W2 standing recurve event.[11] Following the merger of the Spanish archery federations for archers with disabilities and those without, a combined national championship was held in February 2013. Marin was one of ten archers with disabilities to take part. He had a score of 531 points in the individual recurve bow, two points better than W2 classified Spanish archer Manuel Candela.[12]
Paralympics
Marin competed in archery at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Competing in the round of 8 in the men's team event at the Athens Games, Marin's team lost to Slovenia 209 - 209 and was eliminated. He did not medal in the individual men's recurve event.[2] Competing in the round of 8 in the men's team event at the Beijing Games, his team had a bye in the first round, and then finished eighth overall. In the individual men's W2 recurve event, he finished twenty-first overall.[2]
Despite participating in an IPC event that qualified Spain for the 2012 Summer Paralympics at the Stoke Mandeville event, Marin needed to fight to qualify as a representative of the Spanish team for London. He was coached by Irene Cuesta at the London Games.[1] Competing in London, he was nervous.[1] He participated in the recurve W1-W2 event, finishing fourth behind Italian gold medalist Oscar Pellegrin, Malaysian silver medalist Hasihin Sanawi and Malaysian bronze medalist Lung Hui Tseng.[13] He went head to head against United States archer Russell Wolfe at the London Games.[14][15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "José Manuel apunta a Londres" (in (Spanish)). Elalmeria.es. 2012-04-27. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Página Oficial del Comité Paralímpico Español" (in (Spanish)). Paralimpicos.es. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Oro y bronce para la Comunitat en el Nacional de tiro con arco para discapacitados" (in (Spanish)). Nostresport.com. 2013-11-13. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "España a un paso del podio en el campeonato Europeo de Tiro con Arco para Discapacitados en Extremadura.com — Toda la información, noticias, eventos, turismo ... en Extremadura" (in (Spanish)). Extremadura.com. 2009-02-17. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Federación Española De Deportes De Personas Con Discapacidad Física" (in (Spanish)). Feddf.es. 2011-02-14. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Culmina con éxito el VII Campeonato de España de Tiro con Arc" (in (Spanish)). Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Comunidad El Pais » tiro-con-arco-adaptado » Tres olesanos entre los ocho primero en el nacional de tiro con arco adaptado" (in (Spanish)). elpais.com. April 9, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Comunidad El Pais » tiro-con-arco-adaptado » Sergio Llamas medalla de plata en el nacional de Ibiza" (in (Spanish)). elpais.com. June 8, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "EspaĂąa se queda sin medallas en el Campeonato del Mundo de Tiro con Arco" (in (Spanish)). dxtadaptado.com. 2011-07-19. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Comunidad El Pais » tiro-con-arco-adaptado » Sergio Llamas a Stoke Mandeville en busca de una plaza para Londres 2012" (in (Spanish)). Lacomunidad.elpais.com. 2011-08-16. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Finaliza con un rotundo éxito el Campeonato de España Absoluto de Tiro con Arco · Chiclana · Andalucía Información" (in (Spanish)). Andaluciainformacion.es. 2012-07-22. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Francisco Payán, oro por equipos en el Campeonato de España" (in (Spanish)). MARCA.com. 2013-11-25. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Londres 2012- Paralímpicos: Intenso día de finales en tiro con arco" (in (Spanish)). Armas Adictos. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Buscará José Antonio Báez avanzar a octavos de final en tiro con arco — Más Deportes — Juegos Olímpicos — mediotiempo.com" (in (Spanish)). Msn.mediotiempo.com. 2012-08-30. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ↑ El Universal/México, Df. (2012-08-30). "José Antonio Báez con buena actuación en tiro con arco" (in (Spanish)). Elsiglodetorreon.com.mx. Retrieved December 2, 2013.