Spain at the Paralympics

Athletes from Spain have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1968 Summer events and the country hosted the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Competitors have represented Spain in ten of the twelve Summer Paralympics, missing only the first two events in Rome and Tokyo.

Spain at the Paralympics
IPC code	ESP
NPC	Spanish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralimpicos.es (in Spanish)
Summer appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Spain's breakthrough year came in 1992 when they hosted the event; their medal tally rocketed with a level of performance that would be maintained for the following two events. The 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney saw their greatest achievements at the Games but the medal victories were overshadowed by a cheating controversy that would change the way that intellectually disabled competitors were tested for their disability (see Cheating at the Paralympic Games).[1]

Teams

Traditionally, Spain has sent three times as many male competitors as female competitors. At the same time, women have won 48.39% of all Spain's Paralympic medals compared to 24.32% for men.[2]

Multi medalists

Spanish athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Purificacion Santamarta	Athletics	1980-2004	7	F	11	4	1	16
2	Richard Oribe	Swimming	1992-2012	6	M	9	6	2	17
3	Sebastián Rodríguez	Swimming	2000-2016	5	M	8	3	4	15
4	Teresa Perales	Swimming	2000-2016	5	F	7	9	10	26
5	Sara Carracelas Garcia	Swimming	1996-2008	4	F	6	1	3	10
6	Javier Conde	Athletics	1992-2008	5	M	7	2	0	9
7	Júlio Requena	Athletics	1992-2000	3	M	5	1	2	8
8	Javier Torres	Swimming	1996-2008	4	M	4	3	3	10
9	Enhamed Enhamed	Swimming	2004-2012	4	M	4	1	5	10
10	David Casinos	Athletics	2000-2016	5	M	4	0	1	5
11	Antonio Cid	Boccia	1992-2004	4	M	3	2	1	6
12	Ricardo Ten	Swimming	1996-2016	6	M	3	1	3	7
13	Jesus Collado Alarcon	Swimming	2000-2012	4	M	3	0	3	6
14	Enrique Floriano	Swimming	2000-2012	3	M	2	4	2	8
15	Christian Venge	Cycling	2000-2012	4	M	2	2	1	5
16	Beatriz Mendoza	Athletics	1992-2000	3	F	2	1	3	6
17	Juan Viedma	Athletics	1992-2000	3	M	2	1	2	5
18	Deborah Font	Swimming	2000-2012	4	F	1	2	4	7
19	Sarai Gascón Moreno	Swimming	2008-2016	3	F	0	5	1	6
20	José Manuel Ruiz Reyes	Table tennis	2000-2016	5	M	0	3	2	5

Medal tallies

Summer Paralympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1968 Tel-Aviv	0	4	0	4	20th of 22
1972 Heidelberg	0	4	1	5	27th of 31
1976 Toronto	4	6	2	12	22nd of 32
1980 Arnhem	1	14	9	24	28th of 40
1984 Stoke Mandeville New York	21	8	12	41	11th of 38
1988 Seoul	18	13	12	43	13th of 48
1992 Barcelona	39	32	49	120	4th of 55
1996 Atlanta	39	31	36	103	5th of 60
2000 Sydney	38	30	38	106	4th of 68
2004 Athens	20	27	24	71	7th of 75
2008 Beijing	15	21	22	58	10th of 76
2012 London	8	18	16	42	17th of 75
2016 Rio de Janeiro	9	14	9	32	11th of 83

Winter Paralmypics

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1984 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0
1988 Innsbruck	1	2	1	4
1992 Tignes-Albertsville	0	1	3	4
1994 Lillehammer	1	6	3	10
1998 Nagano	8	0	0	8
2002 Salt Lake City	3	3	2	8
2006 Turin	0	1	1	2
2010 Vancouver	1	2	0	3
2014 Sochi	1	1	1	3
2018 Pyeongchang	0	1	1	2
Totals (10 games)	15	17	12	44

See also

• Spain at the Olympics
• Spain at the Deaflympics

References

1. IPC. 2 February 2003. "INAS-FID Eligibility System Unsatisfactory: Athletes with Intellectual Disability Cannot Participate". Accessed 14 August 2007.
2. "Federación Mujeres Jóvenes" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujeresjovenes.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.