Javier Conde (athlete)

Javier Conde
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Competitor for  Spain
Paralympic Games
1992 Barcelona 800 metres - TS4
1992 Barcelona 1500 metres - TS4
1992 Barcelona 5000 metres - TS4
1992 Barcelona 10000 metres - TS4
1996 Atlanta 5000 metres - T44-46
1996 Atlanta Marathon - T42-46
2000 Sydney Marathon - T46
2000 Sydney 5000 metres - T46
2004 Athens 5000 metres - T46

Javier Conde is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T46 long distance events.

Javier has competed in five Paralympics winning a total of seven gold and two silver medals. His first games were in front of his home crowd in Barcelona at the 1992 Summer Paralympics where he won gold in each of his four events, 800m, 1500m, 5000m and 10000m. He added a further two gold medals in Atlanta in 1996 in the 5000m and marathon but missed out on a medal in the 1500m. In 2000 he fell a little short of defending both titles when Robert De Friese Evans ran a world record to beat him in the 5000m but did defend his marathon gold. 2004 saw him compete in just the 5000m gaining his second consecutive silver medal in the event. His fifth games in Beijing in 2008 Summer Paralympics were the first time he failed to medal after finishing eleventh in the marathon.[1]

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