Personal information | |
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Full name | Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo |
Nationality | Spain |
Born | Spain | 19 April 1984
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
Club | Club Fidias |
Medal record |
Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo (born 19 April 1984) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. [1] He competed at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics and is a European and World Championships medaling competitor.
Martínez is from Andalusia. [2] [3] [4] In 2010, he was a guest of ONCE for a special screening of the documentary, " La Teoría del Espiralismo", about the lives of Paralympic sportspeople. He spoke before the screening of the film. [5]
Martínez is an S3 swimmer, [2] [6] [7] and is a member of Club Fidias. [8] He started competitive swimming in 2006. [9]
Martínez competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he competed in three events. Following the Games, he and other Seville Olympians and Paralympians were special guests at a function hosted by the Minister of Tourism, Trade and Sport of the Junta de Andalucía, Luciano Alonso. [8] [10] The Beijing Games were his Paralympic debut. [11] He qualified for the Games in April of that year, [12] and attended a national team training camp in the Canary Islands around that time. [9]
Martínez was one of 42 Spanish team members at the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championships, of which 22 Spanish competitors had physical disabilities, 6 had cerebral palsy, 10 were blind and four had intellectual disabilities. [7] He competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands. [13] [14] [15] He finished second in the 50 meter backstroke. [16] He competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he won a gold medal in the 4x50 meter medley relay, a silver in 50 meter backstroke and bronze medal in 200 meter freestyle. [17] [18] [19] [20]
In March 2012, Martínez qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics at London, representing Spain in the 50 metre backstroke S3. [1] [11] At the Paralympics he came through heat 2 in a comfortable qualifying time, but just missed a podium finish when he came fourth in a time of 51.83. [1] In 2012, he competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities. He set a national record at the event in the 50 meter backstroke. [2] [21] He competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships winning four individual and a team silver medal; in each of his races he saw Russian rival Dmytro Vynohradets take the gold medal. [3] [6] [22] [23] [24]
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo |
Nationality | Spain |
Born | Spain | 19 April 1984
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
Club | Club Fidias |
Medal record |
Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo (born 19 April 1984) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. [1] He competed at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics and is a European and World Championships medaling competitor.
Martínez is from Andalusia. [2] [3] [4] In 2010, he was a guest of ONCE for a special screening of the documentary, " La Teoría del Espiralismo", about the lives of Paralympic sportspeople. He spoke before the screening of the film. [5]
Martínez is an S3 swimmer, [2] [6] [7] and is a member of Club Fidias. [8] He started competitive swimming in 2006. [9]
Martínez competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he competed in three events. Following the Games, he and other Seville Olympians and Paralympians were special guests at a function hosted by the Minister of Tourism, Trade and Sport of the Junta de Andalucía, Luciano Alonso. [8] [10] The Beijing Games were his Paralympic debut. [11] He qualified for the Games in April of that year, [12] and attended a national team training camp in the Canary Islands around that time. [9]
Martínez was one of 42 Spanish team members at the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championships, of which 22 Spanish competitors had physical disabilities, 6 had cerebral palsy, 10 were blind and four had intellectual disabilities. [7] He competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands. [13] [14] [15] He finished second in the 50 meter backstroke. [16] He competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he won a gold medal in the 4x50 meter medley relay, a silver in 50 meter backstroke and bronze medal in 200 meter freestyle. [17] [18] [19] [20]
In March 2012, Martínez qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics at London, representing Spain in the 50 metre backstroke S3. [1] [11] At the Paralympics he came through heat 2 in a comfortable qualifying time, but just missed a podium finish when he came fourth in a time of 51.83. [1] In 2012, he competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities. He set a national record at the event in the 50 meter backstroke. [2] [21] He competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships winning four individual and a team silver medal; in each of his races he saw Russian rival Dmytro Vynohradets take the gold medal. [3] [6] [22] [23] [24]
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