Laura Garcia Benitez
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Spanish |
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 Spain |
| Sport | Judo |
Laura García Benitez (born 19 April 1981 in Pamplona) is a Spanish judoka who has represented Spain at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Personal
García was born on 19 April 1981 in Pamplona,[1] and is from the Navarre region of Spain.[2][3] Her father practiced karate but because of her vision problems, she was unable to follow him in the sport.[1]
García has lived in Barañáin.[1] She attended Colegio Público Eulza.[1] She attended the Polytechnic Carlos III in Pamplona, where she trained to become a kindergarten assistant.[1] Following the completion of her program, she decided instead to sell coupons for ONCE.[1]
Judo
García took up judo when she was eight years old and living in Lagunak because a friend was practicing the sport. After three years, she stopped playing it, only to take it up again when she was twenty-one years old.[1]
Competing at the 2007 IPC European Judo Championships in Azerbaijan, García came away with a bronze medal.[1] In April 2008, she was one of four Navarre sportspeople on the short list to attend the Beijing Paralympics.[4] Prior to the 2008 Games, she trained in France.[4] That year, she had financial support to compete at the highest level because of funding through Plan ADOP.[4] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in judo[1] as a 27 year old in the less than 48 kilogram group.[4] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[5] In 2011, she competed at the IPC Judo World Championships.[1] In 2012, she was coached by Yolanda Soler and José Tomás Toro while based in Larrabide.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the less than 48 kilogram group. She lost her first match and then lost in the repechage.[6] One of her matches was against Ukrainian Yuliya During.[7] Overall, she finished in seventh place, enough to get her a Paralympic diploma.[8] The 2013 IPC European Judo Championships were held in early December in Eger, Hungary, and she competed in them.[2][9][10][11] In July 2013, she was one of 306 from Navarre named as a "Deportistas de élite",[12] a category of Spanish elite sportspeople that provides a number of benefits.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 "Federación Mujeres Jóvenes" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Mujeresjovenes.org. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "El diario de Alhaurín de la Torre" (in (Spanish)). Spain: diariolatorre.es. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Malagueña Herrera y granadino Del Valle, entre favoritos en Hungría" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Mundodeportivo.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Espíritu de superación — NAVARRA DEPORTE — Diario de Navarra" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Diariodenavarra.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "JJ.PP. Londres 2012 — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Government of Spain. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Laura Garcia Benitez Of Spain Competes Against... Fotografía de noticias | Getty Images España | 150997261" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Gettyimages.es. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Judo Reshinkan y el equipo parolímpico Español | General" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Deporte Balear. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Carmen Herrera y Mónica Merenciano lucharán en Hungría por conquistar el Campeonato de Europa de Judo Paralímpico". MARCA.com. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
- ↑ "Deportes. carmen herrera y mónica merenciano lucharán en hungría por conquistar el campeonato de europa de judo paralímpico — EcoDiario.es" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Ecodiario.eleconomista.es. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "El coruñés Adrián Rodríguez, hasta Hungría por un sueño — La Opinión A Coruña" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Laopinioncoruna.es. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Diario de Noticias de Navarra. Noticias de última hora locales, nacionales, e internacionales" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Noticias de Navarra. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Deportistas de Élite — Beneficios" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Esport. 24 January 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2013.