Javier Salmeron

Javier Salmeron
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Competitor for  Spain
Paralympic Games
Silver 1992 Barcelona 400 metres - C8
Silver 1992 Barcelona 4x100 metre relay - C5-8
Bronze 1988 Seoul 800 metres - C8

Javier Salmeron is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category C8 400m events.

Javier competed in both the 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics as part of the Spanish athletics team. At the 1988 games he finished eighth in the 100m but won a bronze in the 800m. In the 1992 games he was unable to repeat this feat in the 800m as he failed to make the final, he did however finish sixth in the 200m, fourth in the 100m and won a silver medal in the 400m behind Canada's Frank Bruno who set a new world record, he was also part of the Spanish team that finished second in the 4x100m behind the United States. [1]

references

  1. Javier Salmeron's profile on paralympic.org