José Manuel Rodríguez (boccia)

Rodríguez is from Cádiz.^[4] He was born on 3 September 1980. He became a player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC3 type athlete skilled at boccia.^[5] He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the two person game and finished second. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[6]

Rodriguez is a member of the Adupace Jerez club.^[5]

At the Lisbon-hosted World Championships in June 2010, Rodríguez was a member of the Spain national team in the BC3 team event. They finished fifth.^[7] Elche, Spain hosted the Spanish Boccia Club Championship in June 2011, with Rodriguez participating in the event. He finished third in the BC3 individual event.^[8][9]

Belfast in Northern Ireland hosted Boccia World Championships in August 2011, and he participated. The event was part of the ranking process to qualify for the London Paralympic Games.^[4] He made the quarterfinals but was eliminated by the eventual winner.^[10][11] In January 2012, he was unable to attend a boccia training camp organized by Spain's Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports (FEDPC) and the Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF) at CRE San Andrés.^[12] Club ADM and the Sociocultural Disability Association (ASCM) organized the June 2012 Spain national championships. Competing with teammate Diego Bejarano, they finished first in the BC3 pairs competition.^[13] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he lost 0–11 in the round of sixteen.^[14]

In October 2013, Rodríguez was ranked Spain's fourth best competitor in his classification.^[5]