Marta Arce Payno
Spanish judo athlete
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Marta Arce Payno (born 27 July 1977)[1][2] is a B3 classified Spanish judo competitor who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024 Summer Paralympics where she has won a pair of silver medals and a pair of bronze medals.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marta Arce Payno |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 27 July 1977 Valladolid, Spain |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Website | www |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Judo |
Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 65008 |
| JudoInside.com | 89719 |
Personal
Arce was born in Valladolid with a form of albinism that led to progressive loss of vision to the point where she lost all her sight.[3] She speaks four languages, Spanish, English, Italian and Japanese.[3] She is a mother, giving birth in 2009.[3] Her day job is being a physical therapist working for the Autonomous University of Madrid.[3] 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.[4]
Judo
Arce is a B3 classified judo competitor.[5] 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.[3] From that point on, she did almost daily training in the sport.[3]
The first IPC European Judo Championships Arce competed in were the ones hosted in Città di Castello where she picked up a gold medal.[3][6] She competed at the European Championships held in 1999 in Italy.[6] In 2001, she competed at a World Cup event in Rio de Janeiro.[6] Competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal.[3] The 2004 Games were the first time women's judo appeared on the Paralympic programme.[6] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she repeated her performance and won another silver medal.[3] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[7] She competed at the London hosted 2012 Summer Paralympics in judo,[3][8][9] where she won a bronze medal.[10][11][12] In her path to bronze, she competed against Swedish Nicolina Perheim and Cuban Dalidaivis Rodríguez Clark.[13][14] 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.[5][6]
