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Edgar Quirós is a vision impaired swimmer from Spain who has represented the country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Quirós is a member of C.N. Mijas. [2]
Quirós competed at the 2009 Spanish national winter championships, where he won the S13 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events. [3] [4] He competed at the 2009 German Open. [5] At the 2010 Championship of Spain of Paralympic Swimming, he won gold medals in the 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events and in the 50 meter butterfly event. [6] At the Netherlands hosted 2010 World Championship, he had a fifth-place finish. [2] In July, he participated in a ceremony hosted by the Mayor of Málaga at the townhall honouring all the Olympic and Paralympic competitors from the city. [7]
Quirós was one of twelve vision impaired Spanish swimmers competing at the 2012 Games. [8] In London, after qualifying for the finals [9] he finished fifth in the 100 meter backstroke. [10] [11] He finished third in his heat for the event, behind Daniel Sharp of New Zealand and Sergey Punko of Russia. [12] He finished sixth in the 100 meter freestyle. [13] [14] Prior to heading to London, he participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session. [2] Actualmente ha abierto un club de natacion de competicion en alhaurin de la torre.
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Spanish |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Swimming |
Edgar Quirós is a vision impaired swimmer from Spain who has represented the country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Quirós is a member of C.N. Mijas. [2]
Quirós competed at the 2009 Spanish national winter championships, where he won the S13 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events. [3] [4] He competed at the 2009 German Open. [5] At the 2010 Championship of Spain of Paralympic Swimming, he won gold medals in the 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events and in the 50 meter butterfly event. [6] At the Netherlands hosted 2010 World Championship, he had a fifth-place finish. [2] In July, he participated in a ceremony hosted by the Mayor of Málaga at the townhall honouring all the Olympic and Paralympic competitors from the city. [7]
Quirós was one of twelve vision impaired Spanish swimmers competing at the 2012 Games. [8] In London, after qualifying for the finals [9] he finished fifth in the 100 meter backstroke. [10] [11] He finished third in his heat for the event, behind Daniel Sharp of New Zealand and Sergey Punko of Russia. [12] He finished sixth in the 100 meter freestyle. [13] [14] Prior to heading to London, he participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session. [2] Actualmente ha abierto un club de natacion de competicion en alhaurin de la torre.