Xavier Porras
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| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||
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August 22, 1981 Olot, Girona | ||||||||||||
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 Spain | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field (T11) | ||||||||||||
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Javier Porras Santana (born on August 22, 1981) is a T11 athlete from Spain who has a vision impairment and is a T11/B1 type athlete.
Personal
Porras was born on August 22, 1981 in Olot, Girona.[1] In 2012, he was living in the Catalan region of Spain.[2]
Athletics
Porras is a T11 athlete from Spain who has a vision impairment.[1][3]
In 2010, Porras competed in the Valencia Athletics Open, which was organized by the Federació d'Esports Adaptats de la Comunitat Valenciana (FESA).[4] He qualified for and competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where he was one of thirty-two competitors representing Spain.[5][2] He competed in the men's visually impaired 4x100 meter relay with Martín Parejo Maza (T11), Maximiliano Óscar Rodríguez Magi (T12), and Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall (T12) who finished in Spanish record national time of 45.45 seconds while earning a bronze medal in the event.[3][6] In 2012, he was a recipient of a Plan ADO €2,500 coaching scholarship.[7] Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.[8] In July 2013, he participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships,[9] winning a bronze medal in the men's long jump T11.[9]
Paralympics
He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China where he was the third best athlete in the triple jump. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics,[1] where he finished fifth in the triple jump.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Atletas ciegos preparan en Logroño su participación en Londres 2012 — Web de la ONCE" (in (Spanish)). Once.es. 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bronce para España en relevos de discapacitados visuales durante el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico" (in (Spanish)). Spain: cronica social. January 27, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ↑ "EL OPEN DE ATLETISMO ADAPTADO DE LA COMUNITAT LLEGA ESTE FIN DE SEMANA AL ESTADIO DEL TURIA" (in (Spanish)). Spain: FESA. April 16, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Los medallistas paralímpicos españoles en Pekín lideran a la selección" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Marca. January 21, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Atletismo.- El relevo masculino 4x100 logra el bronce en los Mundiales Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). Spain: Deportes Online. January 11, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Becas A Entrenadores Del Plan Adop 2012" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Atletas paralímpicos con discapacidad visual se entrenan en Logroño - Canal de Vídeos de" (in (Spanish)). Spain: Larioja.com. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Antonio Andújar y José Martínez Morote competirán en Francia en el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico | El Pueblo de Albacete diario digital" (in Spanish). Spain: Elpueblodealbacete.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Michelle Alonso logra un oro y un récord histórico para la natación canaria" (in (Spanish)). Spain: El Dia. September 7, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2013.