Joan Munar Martínez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Munar and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Joan Munar Martínez
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born February 1, 1996
Balearic Islands, Spain
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Track and field (T13)

Joan Munar Martínez (born February 1, 1996 in Ciudad Real, Spain) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T13 track and field events. He has a vision impairment.[1]

Personal

Munar was born February 1, 1996 in Ciudad Real, Spain. He has a vision impairment.[1] He lived in the Baleric Islands.[2]

Athletics

Munar is a Paralympic T13 track and field athlete.[1] He does not race with a sighted guide.[3][4]

Munar has won the Mallorca Athletics Region Championship.[5] In 2011, he won the Spanish national championship.[5] He competed at the 2012 IPC European Athletics Championships and earned two golds in the 100 meter and 200 meter events.[1][2][6] One of his golds came in the 200 meters.[7] He competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England where he finished 12th in the 100 meters and had a DNF in the 4 X 100 meter race.[1][2] The 100 meters was his first race of the Games.[8] He ran in the semi-finals with his guide in the 4x100 meter race on the seventh day of the Games.[9][10][11] He was one of twenty-four members of the Spanish athletics team. Competing at the Games as a 16 year old, he was the youngest member of the athletics team.[12] In May 2013, he competed in the Spanish national championships, where he earned a gold medal in the 200 meters and a silver in the 100 meters.[13] In July 2013, he participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "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. ↑ "Joan Munar Martinez Of Spain And Andrey Koptev... Fotografía de noticias | Getty Images España | 151263179". Gettyimages.es. 2012-09-05. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Picture". Shreveport Times. 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "La ONCE homenajea a los deportistas ciegos de Mallorca". Mallorca Confidencial. February 17, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Biography & Results — MUNAR MARTINEZ Joan" (in Spanish). Spain: Ipcat.msl.es. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Christoph Bausch holt EM-Titel — Mehr Sport, Sport" (in German). news.ch. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  9. ↑ "Joan Munar Martinez Of Spain And Andrey Koptev... Fotografía de noticias" (in Spanish). Spain: Getty Images. 2012-09-05. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  10. ↑ "iPhone gallery picture". Shreveport Times. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  11. ↑ "London Paralympics Athletics". Bigstory.ap.org. 2012-09-05. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Spain confirm squad of 142 for London 2012 - insidethegames.biz — Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News". insidethegames.biz. July 12, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Federación Española De Deportes De Personas Con Discapacidad Física" (in Spanish). Spain: Feddf.es. May 26, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ "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.

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