Marta Arce Payno
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born |
June 27, 1977 Valladolid |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Spain |
| Sport | Judo |
Marta Arce Payno is a B3 classified Spanish judo competitor who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics where she has won a pair of silver medals and a bronze medal.
Personal
Arce was born on 27 June 1977 in Valladolid with a form of albinism that led to progressive loss of vision to the point where she lost all her sight.[1] She speaks four languages, Spanish, English, Italian and Japanese.[1] She is a mother, giving birth in 2009.[1] Her day job is being a physical therapist working for the Autonomous University of Madrid.[1] In November 2013, she participated in a program run by the Programa ADOP Empleo to train Paralympic athletes in developing business communication and entrepreneurship skills.[2]
Judo
Arce is a B3 classified judo competitor.[3] She started participating in judo after moving to Madrid to attend university. Her entrance to the sport was through her brother who was active in it at that time.[1] From that point on, she did almost daily training in the sport.[1]
The first IPC European Judo Championships Arce competed in were the ones hosted in Città di Castello where she picked up a gold medal.[1][4] She competed at the European Championships held in 1999 in Italy.[4] In 2001, she competed at a World Cup event in Rio de Janeiro.[4] Competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal.[1] The 2004 Games were the first time women's judo appeared on the Paralympic programme.[4] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she repeated her performance and won another silver medal.[1] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[5] She competed at the London hosted 2012 Summer Paralympics in judo,[1][6][7] where she won a bronze medal.[8][9][10] In her path to bronze, she competed against Swedish Nicolina Perheim and Cuban Dalidaivis Rodríguez Clark.[11][12] Her bronze was the second bronze medal won by Spain in judo at the London Games, coming minutes after teammate Maria Monica Merenciano won bronze.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Anita Guerra (2012-08-31). "Juegos Paralímpicos. Marta Arce, bronce en Londres, cuatrilingüe, madre y fisioterapeuta" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujerhoy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Jon santacana, david casinos y xavi torres, entre los paralímpicos que asistirán a una jornada para potenciar sus habilidades de comunicación" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- 1 2 "Marta Arce, en judo, logra para España la segunda medalla de bronce." (in Spanish). Spain: Eldia.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "La vallisoletana Marta Arce da al judo español la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ↑ "Primer oro y tres bronces ms para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Marta Arce, en judo, logra la segunda medalla de bronce | Polideportivo | AS.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Masdeporte.as.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Londres 2012 termina con coldplay rihanna y 42 medallas para el equipo español" (in Spanish). Spain. El Telescopio Digital. Retrieved 26 December 2013. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Marta Arce, bronce en judo paralímpico, Juegos Paralímpicos Londres 2012 - RTVE.es A la Carta" (in Spanish). Spain: Rtve.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "María Mónica Merenciano y Marta Arce logran el bronce en judo en Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "La judoka de Las Rozas Marta Arce, bronce en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Lasrozas.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.