Elena Congost Mohedano

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Congost and the second or maternal family name is Mohedano.
Elena Congost Mohedano

Elena Congost Mohedano at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1987-09-20) September 20, 1987
Barcelona, Spain
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Track and field (T12)

Elena Congost Mohedano (born September 20, 1987) is a T12/B2 track and field athlete from Spain. Born with a degenerative vision impairment, she is a teacher who lives in the Barcelona region of Spain. She has competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, and 2012 Summer Paralympics. She earned a silver medal at the 2012 London Games in the 1,500 meter race, a year after having won the same event at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Personal

Congost was born September 20, 1987 in Barcelona,[1][2] with a degenerative hereditary eye disease.[3][4] Her vision started to deteriorate when she was in school.[2] She is a teacher.[2]

In 2008, she lived in Castelldefels, Barcelona,[2] and was still living in the region in 2012.[3] At the 2011 Castelldefels sports awards, she won the award for best female athlete with a disability.[5] Living at the High Performance Centre (CAR) of San Cugat del Vallés in 2013, she shared a room with Mireia Belmonte.[6] In 2013, she was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.[5]

Athletics

Congost is T12/B2 type athlete.[1] She is a member of ISS L'Hospitalet Atletisme, an athletic club in L'Hospitalet.[7] At the 2002 IPC World Championship in France, Congost finished seventh in the F12 long jump.[2] She had a pair of fifth-place finishes at the 2003 EPC European Athletics Championships in the 100 meter and long jump events.[2][8] At the 2003 IBSA World Games Athletics in Quebec, she earned a silver medal in the 4x400 relay and a 5th place in the long jump.[2]

Congost competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She finished seventh in the 200 meter race.[1] At the 2006 World Athletics Championships, she finished fifth in the 800 meter race.[2] At the 2007 2n Míting Internacional per Atletes Discapacitats, she finished third in the 600 meter race.[9]

In 2008, Congost was affiliated with the Catalan region for national competitions.[10] With a time of 2:24.53, she finished seventh at the Manresa hosted 2008 CT. España Clubes Primera División 2ª J. Titulo Mujeres MAN-TFE-TFE-DIP race.[9] With a time of 2:27.28, she finished fifth at the Burgos hosted 2008 CT. España Clubes Primera División 1ª Jornada Mujeres ANT-MED-MAN-UOV race.[9] With a time of 2:27.75, she finished fifth at the Collado Villalba hosted 2008 CT. España Clubes Primera Division 3ª J. Titulo Mujeres MAP-MAN-TFE-UOV race.[9] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where she finished sixth in the 1,500 meter race. She also raced in the 800 meter race and finished 6 in the semifinal.[1]

At the 2009 CT. España Clubes Primera División 2ª Jornada Mujeres ADM-POZ-MED-MAN, Congost finished sixth in the 800 meter race and third in the 4x400 meter relay.[9] At the 2010 indoor Cnt.Catalunya 1500 i 3000 i promise absolut PC, she finished fourth in the 1,500 meters.[9] At the 2010 XII Meeting Basauriko Probak, she finished third in the 800 meters.[9] At the 2010 CT. CT. Spain Cup First Div Title Women 2nd Day POZ-MAN-BID-SIL, she finished third in the 800 meters and fourth in the 4x400 meter relay.[9] At the 2010 CT. Spain Primera Division Club 1st Day Women CAN-MAN-TFC-MED, she finished second in the 4x400 meter relay.[9] At the 2010 BMC Nike Grand Prix in Watford, she failed to make the finals in the 1,500 meter race.[9] In 2011, she finished fourth in the CT. Spain Primera Division Club 1st Day Women in the 1,500 meter race and third in the 4x400m relay.[9] At the 2011 IBSA World Games Athletics in São Paulo, she finished third in the 800 meter T12 event.[1][2]

Congost competed at the 2011 IPC World Athletics Championships and earned a silver medal in the T12 1,500 meter race.[1][11][12] In 2012, she was a recipient of a Plan ADO €20,000 scholarship with a €3,000 reserve.[13] Prior to the start of the London Games, she trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.[14]

As a twenty-four-year-old, Congost at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, earning a silver medal in the 1,500 meter race.[1][3][15] Her silver medal was the first silver given out to a female track and field athlete at the London Games.[3][11] In May 2013, she competed in the Spanish national championships, where she earned a gold medal in the 1,500 meters.[16] In July 2013, he participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Informes de los juegos paralímpicos Pekín 2008 — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Spain: Csd.gob.es. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mujerhoy.com (2012-09-04). "Juegos Paralímpicos. Elena Congost, plata en Londres, la fuerza del optimismo" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujerhoy.com. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Medalla de plata para Elena Congost en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres’12" (in Catalan). Spain: Diari de Sabadell. 2010-05-18. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Ayto. Castelldefels: Inicio" (in Spanish). Castelldefels.mobi. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ "La compañera de habitación de Melani Costa" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Cuatro hospitalenses en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres" (in Spanish). Spain: Elperiodico.com. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  8. ↑ "1. EPC European Championships Athletics". CSTPS. 2005. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Real Federación Española de Atletismo" (in Spanish). Rfea.es. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Deportes | Juegos Olímpicos | Medallero" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  11. 1 2 EFE (2012-09-04). "Elena Congost, plata en los 1.500" (in Spanish). Spain: Teinteresa.es. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Elena Congost, plata en los 1.500 - Terra EspaĂąa" (in Spanish). Spain: Deportes.terra.es. 2012-05-31. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Becas A Entrenadores Del Plan Adop 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Atletas paralímpicos con discapacidad visual se entrenan en Logroño - Canal de Vídeos de" (in Spanish). Spain: Larioja.com. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "Federación Española De Deportes De Personas Con Discapacidad Física" (in Spanish). Spain: Feddf.es. May 26, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  17. ↑ "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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