Juan José Méndez

Juan Jose Mendez Fernandez (born March 27, 1964 in Barcelona) is a cyclist from Spain.

Juan José Méndez
Personal information
NationalitySpanish
Born (1964-03-27) March 27, 1964
Sport
Country Spain
SportCycling
Disability classC1
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  Spain
Summer Paralympics
2004 AthensPursuit (LC4)
2008 BeijingTime trial (LC4)
2008 BeijingPursuit (LC4)
Road World Championships
2013 Baie-ComeauTime trial (C1)
2015 NottwilTime trial (C1)
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mendez and the second or maternal family name is Fernandez.

Personal

Méndez was born on 27 March 1964 in Barcelona,[1] and is from the Catalan region of Spain.[2] He is missing part of his left arm and leg.[1]

Cycling

Méndez is a C1/LC4 classified cyclist.[3][4]

Méndez competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in cycling. He was the number three cyclists to finish in the Road Trial LC4 race.[1][4] At the 2005 European Road Cycling Championship, he won a pair of silver medals and a bronze medal.[1] At the 2006 Cycling World Road Championships, he won a bronze medal.[1] At the 2007 World Track Cycling Championships, he earned a bronze medal.[1] He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in cycling. He was the number two cyclists to finish in the Road Trial LC4 race. He was the number three cyclists to finish in the Individual Pursuit track LC4 race.[1][4]

Méndez competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[2][4][5] in cycling in the Men's Individual C1-2-3 1 km Cycling Time Trial.[6][7] From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[2] At a two-day para-cycling event in Geneva, Switzerland in December 2013, he finished second in one of the event's races.[8]

gollark: I think the "random facts about taxes and whatever" life skills should be learned independently and the vague general stuff like "working in teams" would be best learned through actually doing it seriously.
gollark: I would of course replace the English lesson badness with bringing arbitrary books in to read yourself.
gollark: School but instead of reading random poems you memorise 'life skills' would be quite ae ae ae, as they say.
gollark: If I were to redesign school, it would be much less regimented (you would not be grouped by year etc.), more flexible (an actually sane schedule and more/earlier choice of subjects), and focus on more general skills (not overly specific reading of books, or learning procedures for specific maths things, or that sort of thing). Additionally, more project-based work and more group stuff.
gollark: Those are specific uses of some of those things, yes. Which is why those are important. Although programming isn't intensely mathy and interest is trivial.

References
  1. "Deportes | Juegos Olímpicos | Estrellas" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  3. "Juegos Paralímpicos Londres 2012" (in Spanish). MARCA. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  4. "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  5. "Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  6. Joanna Ruck and Steven Bloor. "Paralympics 2012: Wednesday 29 August — live picture blog | Sport". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  7. "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  8. "Paraciclismo, Macchi vince in Svizzera" (in Italian). Corrieredellosport.it. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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