Israel Oliver Peña (born 16 December 1987), known as Israel Oliver, is a

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

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Personal

Oliver was born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

. He has a disability: he has a vision impairment. In 2012, he lived in Carrizal de Wit, Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

Swimming

Oliver was an S12/B2 type swimmer, but became a S11 swimmer. Oliver raced competed at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

, where he earned a silver medal in the 4 x 100 meters 49 points medley relay and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly race. He raced at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

. In 2012, Oliver competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities, representing the Canary Islands. He finished second in the SB12 100 meter breaststroke. He competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

. He finished fifth in the 100 meter breaststroke. 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. He competed at the

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships was an international swimming competition, the biggest meet for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and lasted from 12 to 18 August. Around ...

. In November 2013, he competed at the Spanish Age Swimming Championships for blind and visually impaired.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver Pena, Israel 1987 births Living people Spanish male breaststroke swimmers Spanish male butterfly swimmers Spanish male freestyle swimmers Spanish male medley swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Spain Paralympic swimmers with a vision impairment Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic gold medalists for Spain Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships S11-classified para swimmers Spanish blind people