Abel Ávila
Spanish Paralympic athlete
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Abel Ávila Rodríguez[a][1] (born 15 March 1977)[2] is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 middle-distance events.
Abel Ávila (number 2) in the men's 1500 metres T13 final at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Abel Ávila Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1977 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| T12 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Athletics
Competing at the Greece hosted 2005 European Championships, he won a medal.[3] He medaled at the 2006 World Championships.[3] Competing at the 2009 IBSA European Championships, he won a medal.[3] Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.[4] From the Catalan region of Spain,[3] he was a recipient a Plan ADO scholarship.[5]
Paralympics
Abel has competed in three summer Paralympics, his first in 2000 proving to be his most successful winning a silver in his only event the 800m. In the two following games he competed in 800m and 1500m and in 2004 the 5000m all without any medal success.[6]
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ávila and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
