Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.[1]

Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ESP
NPC	Spanish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralimpicos.es (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors	142 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Teresa Perales (swimming)
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 8 Silver 18 Bronze 16 Total 42
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Spain sent 142 competitors to London, 23% of whom were women.[2] The team was composed of 224 people, with 127 sportspeople and 15 guides, and 82 support staff. They competed in 15 different sports,[2] and 74% of the competitors had connections to a high performance sport center in Spain.[2]

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Paralympics medal table

The Spanish Paralympic Committee had €600,000 to allocate to Spanish Paralympic medalists. For sportspeople eligible for only one medal, they were eligible for €15,000 for a gold, €7,500 for a silver and €4,500 for a bronze. For sportspeople eligible for more than one medal, golds were €10,000, silvers were worth €5,000 and bronze medals were worth €3,000. In team sports, gold medals were worth €5,000, silver medals were worth €2,500 and bronze medals were worth €1,500.[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alfonso Cabello	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial C4-5	31 August
Gold	María del Carmen Herrera Gómez	Judo	Women's 70 kg	1 September
Gold	David Casinos	Athletics	Men's discus throw F11	2 September
Gold	José Antonio Expósito Piñeiro	Athletics	Men's long jump F20	4 September
Gold	Christian Venge	Cycling	Men's road time trial B	5 September
Gold	Michelle Alonso	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB14	6 September
Gold	Teresa Perales	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle S5	8 September
Gold	Alberto Suárez Laso	Athletics	Men's Marathon - T12	9 September
Silver	Enrique Floriano	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle S12	30 August
Silver	Sebastián Rodríguez	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S5	30 August
Silver	Teresa Perales	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle S5	30 August
Silver	Sarai Gascón	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly S9	30 August
Silver	José Enrique Porto Lareo José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (guide)	Cycling	Men's 1km time trial B	1 September
Silver	Sebastián Rodríguez	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle S5	1 September
Silver	Teresa Perales	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle S5	1 September
Silver	Álvaro Valera	Table tennis	Men's individual C6	2 September
Silver	Miguel Luque	Swimming	Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3	3 September
Silver	Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo	Shooting	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	4 September
Silver	Elena Congost	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres T12	4 September
Silver	Richard Oribe	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S4	5 September
Silver	Enhamed Enhamed	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly S11	6 September
Silver	Enhamed Enhamed	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle S11	7 September
Silver	Jordi Morales Álvaro Valera	Table tennis	Men's team C6-8	7 September
Silver	Teresa Perales	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly S5	7 September
Silver	Josefa Benítez María Noriega (guide)	Cycling	Women's road race B	8 September
Silver	Abderrahman Ait Khamouch	Athletics	Men's Marathon - T46	9 September
Bronze	Miguel Ángel Clemente Solano Diego Javier Muñoz (guide)	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit B	30 August
Bronze	Deborah Font	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle S12	30 August
Bronze	Mónica Merenciano Herrero	Judo	Women's 57 kg	31 August
Bronze	Marta Arce Payno	Judo	Women's 63 kg	31 August
Bronze	Teresa Perales	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM5	31 August
Bronze	Enhamed Enhamed	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S11	1 September
Bronze	José Enrique Porto Lareo José Antonio Villanueva Trinidad (guide)	Cycling	Men's sprint B	2 September
Bronze	Ricardo Ten	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB4	4 September
Bronze	Teresa Perales	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB4	4 September
Bronze	Maurice Eckhard	Cycling	Men's road time trial C2	5 September
Bronze	José Antonio Mari	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S9	5 September
Bronze	Sarai Gascón	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle S9	7 September
Bronze	Spain national football 5-a-side team Álvaro González Alcaraz José Luis Giera Tejuelo Francisco Muñoz Pérez Adolfo Acosta Rodríguez José López Ramírez Alfredo Cuadrado Freire Antonio Martín Gaitán Youssef El Haddaoui Rabii Marcelo Rosado Carrasco Raúl Díaz Ortín	Football 5-a-side	Men's Football 5-a-side - B1	8 September
Bronze	Sebastián Rodríguez	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S5	8 September
Bronze	Richard Oribe	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle S4	8 September
Bronze	Jorge Cardona José Manuel Ruiz	Table tennis	Men's team C9-10	8 September

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Guillermo Rodriguez Gonzalez	Men's individual compound open	649	13	Shcherbakov (RUS) W 6-4	Stubbs (GBR) W 6-4	Simonelli (ITA) W 6-4	Stutzman (USA) L 4-6	Hancı (TUR) L 2-6	4
Jose Marin Rodriguez	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	591	11	Ajima (JPN) W 6-0	Jung Y J (KOR) L 2-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Maria Rubio Larrion	Women's individual compound open	637	9	N/A	Britton (GBR) W 6-4	Brown (GBR) L 4-6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain sent 24 track and field competitors to London. Joan Munar Martínez was the youngest member of the team at 16 years of age.[3] Competitors in track and field for Spain include Elena Congost Mohedano,[4] José Martínez Morote and Antonio Andujar Arroyo.[5]

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Individual events

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José Prado Prado	Mixed individual BC1	Bye		Tadtong (THA) L 4-5	Did not advance
Pedro Cordero Martin	Mixed individual BC2	Bye	Sousa Santos (BRA) L 1-9	Did not advance
Manuel Martin Perez		Bye	Papadakis (GRE) W 4-3	Valente (POR) L 3-3	Did not advance
Veronica Pamies Morera	Mixed individual BC3	Bye	Thomas (GBR) L 1-8	Did not advance
Sandra Pena Cortes		Bye	Hagdahl (SWE) W 3-2	de Laender (BEL) L 2-8	Did not advance
José Rodríguez Vázquez		Bye	McCowan (GBR) L 0-11	Did not advance
Jose Dueso Villar	Mixed individual BC4	Zheng Y (CHN) L 0-9	N/A	Procházka (CZE) L 4-6	Did not advance

Pairs and team events

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Veronica Pamies Morera Sandra Pena Cortes Jose Rodriguez Vazquez	Pairs BC3	Belgium (BEL) L 1-12	Portugal (POR) L 0-7	Thailand (THA) L 0-9	4	Did not advance
Francisco Beltran Manero Pedro Cordero Martin Manuel Martin Perez Jose Prado Prado	Team BC1-2	Japan (JPN) L 3-8	Hong Kong (HKG) L 4-6	N/A	3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Football 5-a-side

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain qualified for the 5-a-side tournament.

The following is the Spain squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Club
1	GK	Álvaro González Alcaraz	37	C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
3	FW	José Luis Giera Tejuelo	27	Once Alicante
4	MF	Francisco Muñoz Pérez	26	Once Tarragona
6	DF	Adolfo Acosta Rodríguez	31	Once Madrid
7	FW	José López Ramírez	36	Once Tarragona
8	DF	Alfredo Cuadrado Freire	43	C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
9	MF	Antonio Martín Gaitán	30	C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
10	MF	Youssef El Haddaoui	23	Once Tarragona
11	MF	Marcelo Rosado Carrasco	33	C.D. De Ciegos De Málaga
13	GK	Raúl Díaz Ortín	32	Once Murcia

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (ESP)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Qualified for the medal round
2	Argentina (ARG)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
3	Iran (IRI)	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3	Qualified for the classification round
4	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source:

2012-08-31

15:30

Great Britain	1–1	Spain
Clarke  22'	Report	Martín Gaitán  20' (pen.)

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 2,630

Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)

2012-09-02

13:30

Spain	2–0	Iran
Martín Gaitán  13', 22'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,996

Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)

2012-09-04

13:30

Spain	0–0	Argentina
	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,836

Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)

Semifinal

2012-09-06

13:30

Spain	0–2	France
	Report	Villeroux  23', 49'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,796

Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)

Bronze medal match

2012-09-08

13:30

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
	Report
Penalties
Martín Gaitán Rosado Carrasco Giera Tejuelo	1–0	Rodriguez Velo Deldo

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,785

Referee: Lucio Morgado (BRA)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
David García del Valle	Men's 66kg	Falcon (VEN) W 0011-0012	Khorava (UKR) L 0000-0100	N/A		Ali Lamri (ALG) L 0000-0100
Abel Vazquez Cortijo	Men's 81kg	Shevchenko (RUS) W 0100-0020	Effron (ARG) L 0000-0200	N/A		Cruz Alonso (CUB) L 0013-0102

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Laura García Benítez	Women's 48kg	Halinska (UKR) L 0000-0101	N/A	Potapova (RUS) L 0000-0100	Did not advance
Monica Merenciano Herrero	Women's 57kg	Simon (USA) W 0101-0000	da Silva Teixeira (BRA) L 0002-1011	N/A	Coadou (FRA) W 1011-0002
Marta Arce Payno	Women's 63kg	Pernheim (SWE) W 0210-0000	Rodriguez Clark (CUB) L 0100-1000	N/A	Tolppanen (FIN) W 1000-0100
Carmen Herrera	Women's 70kg	Ruvalcaba (MEX) W 0040-0002	Zhou (CHN) W 0010-0002	N/A	Savostyanova (RUS) W 0220-0002

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Loida Zabala Ollero	Women's 48kg	98.0	5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Spain sent only one rower to London, Juan Pablo Barcia.[2]

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomas Piñas	Men's singles C3	Ohgren (SWE) L 1-3	Makszin (ROU) W 3-0	1 Q	N/A	Feng (CHN) L 0-3	Did not advance
Miguel Rodriguez		Breuchle (GER) L 1-3	Kramminger (AUT) L 0-3	3	Did not advance
Alvaro Valera	Men's singles C6	Bye			N/A	Chen (CHN) W 3-0	Grundeler (FRA) W 3-0	Thainiyom (THA) L 0-3
Jordi Morales	Men's singles C7	Schwinn (GER) W 3-0	Dourbecker (FRA) W 3-1	1 Q	N/A	Wollmert (GER) L 2-3	Did not advance
Jorge Cardona	Men's singles C10	Karabec (CZE) L 0-3	Powrozniak (POL) W 3-1	2	Did not advance
Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes		Bye			N/A	Berecki (HUN) W 3-2	Chojnowski (POL) L 0-3	Jacobs (INA) L 1-3	4
Jordi Morales Alvaro Valera	Men's team C6-8	N/A			South Korea (KOR) W 3-0	China (CHN) W 3-1	Germany (GER) W 3-0	Poland (POL) L 0-3
Jorge Cardona Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes	Men's team C9-10	N/A				Hungary (HUN) W 3-0	Poland (POL) L 2-3	Ukraine (UKR) W 3-1

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men

The Spanish men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with the United States, Australia, South Africa, Italy and Turkey.

Squad list (classification points)	Group stage[7]		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Roberto Mena Perez (4.0) Diego de Paz Pazo (4.0) Bernabe Costas de Miranda (2.5) Daniel Rodriguez Martin (1.0) Francisco Sanchez Lara (1.0) Alejandro Zarzuela Beltran (3.0) Ismael Garcia Moreno (4.0) Asier Garcia Pereiro (4.0) Jesus Romero Martin (3.0) Rafael Muino Gamez (2.0) David Mouriz Dopico (2.5) Jaume Llambi Riera (1.5)		United States L 63-55
		Australia L 75–59
		South Africa W 74–50
		Italy W 67–40
		Turkey W 67–64

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Australia	5	5	0	372	259	+113	10
Turkey	5	3	2	331	302	+29	8	+6
United States	5	3	2	330	259	+71	8	−1
Spain	5	3	2	322	292	+30	8	−5
Italy	5	1	4	260	309	−49	6
South Africa	5	0	5	204	398	−194	5

30 August 2012 10:45

Report

Spain	67–40	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–14, 14–8, 14–6
Pts: De Paz Pazo 18 Rebs: Garcia Moreno 11 Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5		Pts: Raimondi, Cavagnini 8 Rebs: Cavagnini 7 Asts: Raimondi, Moukhariq 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Rui Marques (BRA)

31 August 2012 15:15

Report

South Africa	50–74	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 13–20, 9–19, 17–14
Pts: Jellows, Nortje 11 Rebs: Nortje 9 Asts: Papenfus 5		Pts: Zarzuela Beltrán 24 Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6 Asts: Muiño Gámez 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL)

1 September 2012 20:45

Report

Australia	75–59	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–12, 16–23, 15–9
Pts: Norris 25 Rebs: Eveson, Latham 8 Asts: Eveson 7		Pts: García Pereiro 23 Rebs: García Pereiro 6 Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

2 September 2012 20:45

Report

Spain	67–64	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 14–16, 21–13, 19–21
Pts: De Paz Pazo 19 Rebs: De Paz Pazo, Zarzuela Beltrán 7 Asts: de Paz Pazo 8		Pts: Gürbulak 18 Rebs: Gürbulak 9 Asts: Gürbulak 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Krunoslav Peić (CRO)

3 September 2012 21:15

Report

United States	63–55	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 19–10, 16–15, 13–16
Pts: Nelms 21 Rebs: Jenifer 9 Asts: three players 5		Pts: Muiño Gámez 15 Rebs: Romero Martín 7 Asts: De Paz Pazo 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 19:00

Report

Canada	77–51	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–13, 14–16, 20–10
Pts: Anderson 16 Rebs: Anderson 14 Asts: Durepos, Anderson 6		Pts: García Moreno 16 Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6 Asts: García Moreno 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

5th–8th place semi-final

7 September 2012 15:15

Report

Turkey	78–86 (OT)	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 16–22, 12–12, 19–16, Overtime: 10–18
Pts: Gürbulak, Gümüş 24 Rebs: Gümüş 9 Asts: Gürbulak 9		Pts: De Paz Pazo 24 Rebs: De Paz Pazo 12 Asts: García Pereiro 10

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

5th/6th place match

8 September 2012 15:15

Report

Germany	48–67	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 14–16, 12–18, 13–23
Pts: Bienek 14 Rebs: Bienek 5 Asts: Wolk 10		Pts: De Paz Pazo 17 Rebs: De Paz Pazo 6 Asts: De Paz Pazo 9

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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