Jon Santacana Maiztegui

Jon Santacana Maiztegui

Jon Santacana at the 2013 IPC World Championships held in La Molina, Spain.
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born 1 November 1980
San Sebestian, Guipúzcoa, Spain
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Alpine skiing
Event(s) Downhill
Slalom
Giant slalom
Super combined
Super G
Coached by Jordi 'Carbu' Carbonell
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Santacana and the second or maternal family name is Maiztegui.

Jon Santacana Maiztegui (born 1 November 1980) is a Spanish B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier. His sighted ski guide is Miguel Galindo Garces. Santacana has competed at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, in the European Cup and the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, and Spanish national competitions. He represented Spain at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, 2006 Winter Paralympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics, earning a gold medal and a pair of silver medals at the 2010 Games.

Personal

Santacana was born on 1 November 1980 in San Sebestian, Guipúzcoa,[1] in the Basque region of Spain.[2] As of 2012, he lives in Getxo, Vizcaya, Spain and is an INEF student.[1]

Santacana has a vision impairment,[3] which is the result of a genetic problem that manifested itself when he was eight years old.[1]

Skiing

Santacana is a B2 classified visually impaired skier.[1] Miguel Galindo Garces is his guide.[4]

Santacana earned a gold medal at the Switzerland hosted 2000 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.[4] In 2005, while skiing at La Molina, Spain, he fell and seriously injured himself and was unable to ski until near the start of the 2006 Winter Paralympics.[5]

Santacana earned a gold medal for the overall 2006/2007 European Cup season.[4] He finished the 2006/2007 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup season in second place.[5] At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, he was one of several Spanish skiers competing.[6] He finished the 2007/2008 European Cup season in second place after the five test events. Galindo was his guide for the season.[7] He finished the 2007/2008 World Cup season in third place.[8] At the conclusion of the first World Cup event in the 2008/2009 season, he sat in first place in the World Cup standings.[9] It was his eighth career World Cup event.[8] He earned a gold medal and two silver medals at the 2009 World Championships in South Korea.[4][10][11] His first gold came in the Super Combined event.[11] He was one of six skiers and four guides making up the Spanish team at the World Championships.[12]

At the 2010 World Cup Alpine Skiing for Disabled in Abtenau, Austria, Santacana and his guide earned a bronze in the giant slalom event following a first run where they finished fifth and a second run where they finished second.[4] He was unable to compete in the Super Combined event because it was cancelled.[13] He then competed in the third round of the European Cup later in January at La Molina.[14] He finished fifth in the slalom event.[15] At the final event of the 2009/2010 World Cup season, an event held in March 2010 in Aspen, Colorado, he earned a gold medal in one event with guide Galindo. This was the last major event before the 2010 Games.[16][17] He also earned a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom event, while finishing sixth in the Super Combined.[17] He came into the Aspen World Cup event with 625 World Cup points.[18]

Santacana participated in an April 2010 Vancouver hosted competition organised by the Federación Española de Deportes de Personas con Discapacidad Física (FEDDF), Federación Española de Deportes para Paralíticos Cerebrales (FEDPC) and Federación Española de Deportes para Ciegos (FEDC).[19][20] He competed in a November 2010 ski competition in Landgraaf, Netherlands where he earned a gold medal in the downhill event.[21] At the first World Cup event in the 2010/2011 season, which was held in Arta Terme, Italy, Santacana and Galindo finished second in the first of the four events held.[22] At the 2011 World Championships held in Sestriere, Italy, he finished first in the Super-G event.[23] He participated in the 2012 Campeonatos de España de Esquí held in Valle de Arán, where the Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super G events were contested. He won gold in all three events.[24] Near the end of the 2011/2012 ski season, he participated in a World Cup event in Italy where he finished first in the giant slalom event in the men's vision impaired group.[25] In September 2012, he tore his Achilles tendon.[26] At a January 2013 World Cup event in Switzerland, skiing with Galindo, he earned a gold medal in the giant slalom event. While he did not medal in any other events at the competition, he maintained his place on the top of the World Cup leader board for the season.[27] He won three gold medals at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.[28][29]

Paralympics

Santacana earned a gold medal and two bronzes at the 2002 Winter Paralympics.[4][30]

In November 2009, Santacana attended an event in Madrid organised by Programa de Alto Rendimiento Paralímpico (Programa ARPA) as part of the preparation for the Vancouver Games.[31] Before departing for Vancouver, he participated in a departure ceremony attended by State Secretary for Sport Jaime Lissavetzky, secretary general of Social Policy Francisco Moza, the President of the Spanish Paralympic Committee Miguel Carballeda, and managing director of the Spanish Paralympic Committee Alberto Jofre.[2] The whole Spanish team arrived in Whistler ahead of the 2010 Games by 7 February.[32]

His guide for the 2010 Winter Paralympics was Galindo.[33] Fog in Vancouver resulted in a change in scheduling for his ski events.[34] The pair won a gold medal in the men's vision impaired downhill event.[33] His gold medal was the first gold won by a Spaniard at the Games.[35] Going into Vancouver, he was ranked second in the world in the downhill.[18] He was second in the first and second runs of the men's vision impaired Giant Slalom event.[36] He finished fifth in the super giant event at the Games.[37] He finished the 2010 Games with one gold medal and two silver medals.[38] Following the Games, the Spanish Paralympic team attended a welcome back celebration at the ONCE Foundation that was also attended by Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo.[39]

Games Test Place Run Time Date
2010 Winter Paralympics Downhill End 1:18.23 18 March 2010
2010 Winter Paralympics Slalom 2nd run 1:46.91 14 March 2010
2010 Winter Paralympics Slalom 1 1st Round 0:49.88 Q 14 March 2010
2010 Winter Paralympics Giant Slalom 2nd run 2:42.20 16 March 2010
2010 Winter Paralympics Giant Slalom 2 1st Round 1:19.77 Q 16 March 2010
2010 Winter Paralympics Super Combined 2nd run DNF 20 March 2010
2010 Winter Paralympics Super Combined 3 1st Round 1:24.87 Q 20 March 2010
2010 Winter Paralympics Super Giant 5 End 1:23.21 19 March 2010
2006 Winter Paralympics Slalom 7 2nd run 1:31.52 19 March 2006
2006 Winter Paralympics Slalom 9 1st Round 49.03Q 19 March 2006
2006 Winter Paralympics Giant Slalom 1st Round DNS 17 March 2006
2002 Winter Paralympics Downhill End 1:21.57 9 March 2002
2002 Winter Paralympics Slalom 1st Round DNF 16 March 2002
2002 Winter Paralympics Giant Slalom 2nd run 1:05.07 14 March 2002
2002 Winter Paralympics Giant Slalom 1st Round 1:03.26 Q 14 March 2002
2002 Winter Paralympics Super Giant End 1:11.22 11 March 2002

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Página Oficial del Comité Paralímpico Español" (in Spanish). Spain: Paralimpicos.es. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Diario de Mallorca. "Ursula Pueyo aspira al 'top ten' en gigante o eslalon – Diario de Mallorca" (in Spanish). Spain: Diariodemallorca.es. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Canberra Times: SCORECARD". Canberra Times (Canberra, Australia). 18 March 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "España consigue siete medallas en la Copa del Mundo de Esquí Alpino | Solidaridad" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Comienza la Copa del Mundo de Esquí Alpino | Solidaridad" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Final del campeonato de Europa en La Molina – Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Jon Santacana Subcampeón de Europa – Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Comienza la Copa del Mundo de Esquí Alpino para Personas con Discapacidad en la estación catalana de La Molina" (in Spanish). Spain: Cocemfe.es. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Deportes. jon santacana y anna cohí lideran la copa del mundo de esquí alpino para discapacitados – EcoDiario.es" (in Spanish). Spain: Ecodiario.eleconomista.es. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "España, novena en el medallero del Mundial de esquí alpino | Solidaridad" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Santacana gana su primer oro en la supercombinada | Solidaridad" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Una medalla de oro, dos de plata y un bronce, balance del equipo español" (in Spanish). Spain: elConfidencial.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "España acaba con siete medallas la Copa del Mundo Paralímpica – Más deporte | Esquí alpino" (in Spanish). Spain: AS.com. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "La Molina acoge el campeonato de Europa de esquí para discapacitados – Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Solidaridad Digital – El equipo español acaba con doce medallas en la Copa de Europa de Esquí Alpino de La Molina" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridaddigital.es. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Santacana se cuelga el oro en descenso en la final de la Copa del Mundo" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "La española Anna Cohí, campeona de la súper combinada" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Noticias EFE. "Santacana, Cohí, Boira y Gorce representantes españoles en Aspen." (in Spanish). Spain: Hoy.es. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "Santacana y Cohí triunfan en Cerler" (in Spanish). Spain: Heraldo.es. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Santacana, Cohí y Pueyo, campeones de España – Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "Gran comienzo español en Landgraaf – Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  22. ↑ "Santacana segundo en la copa del mundo de esquí adaptado – Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "Espectacular actuación española en el mundial de esquí adaptado de Sestriere – Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  24. ↑ "El Equipo de Competición de Esquí alpino adaptado de la Fundación También finaliza su actuación en territorio nacional con el Campeonato de España – Esquí – Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  25. ↑ Global Mirrorcomm – Desojo Luciano (3 May 2012). "Libertad Balear. El diario digital de Baleares " Jon Santacana se adjudica el oro en el eslalon gigante del Mundial para discapacitados" (in Spanish). Spain: Libertad Balear. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "Los 11 de la ONCE" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  27. ↑ "Jon Santacana se hace con dos nuevos triunfos en la Copa del Mundo de Esquí Alpino Paralímpico – Esquí – Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  28. ↑ "Tercer oro mundial de Santacana y Galindo en La Molina". MARCA.com. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  29. ↑ "La Molina 2013 – Live Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  30. ↑ "Lissavetzky admite que España "no evoluciona" – Vancouver 2010 | Juegos Olímpicos de invierno" (in Spanish). Spain: AS.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  31. ↑ "Solidaridad Digital – Los esquiadores paralímpicos se concentran en Madrid con la mirada puesta en Vancouver 2010" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridaddigital.es. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  32. ↑ "El equipo paralímpico español ya se encuentra en Whistler" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Australian Paralympic Committee (23 August 2006). "Pandora Archive". Australia: National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  34. ↑ "Comite de Competicion modifica calendario de esqui alpino por el mal tiempo" (in Spanish). Spain: terra. 14 March 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  35. ↑ "Santacana logra el oro en Descenso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diariodelaltoaragon.es. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  36. ↑ "THE SCORE". Sydney Morning Herald (Australia). 18 March 2010. p. 17. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  37. ↑ "Santacana se queda a dos pasos de lograr la cuarta medalla para España – Paralímpicos | VANCOUVER 2010" (in Spanish). Spain: AS.com. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  38. ↑ Global Mirrorcomm – Desojo Luciano. "Libertad Balear. El diario digital de Baleares " Jon Santacana se proclama campeĂłn paralĂmpico en descenso" (in Spanish). Spain: Libertadbalear.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  39. ↑ "La infanta Elena al Equipo Paralímpico Español: "Gracias por vuestro afán de superación"" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

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