Jaume Llambi Riera (born 25 February 1974) is a

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player and

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player from

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. A paraplegic as a result of a car accident when he was 8 years old, he went on to represent Spain at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in table tennis. He then switched sports to wheelchair basketball, making his national team debut in 1998. In 2012, he represented Spain in wheelchair basketball at the Paralympic Games in London where his team finished fifth.

Personal

Llambi was born on 25 February 1974 in Barcelona. He was hit by a car when he was 8 years old. The accident left him a paraplegic. He started participating in disability sport as a way to assist with rehabilitation. One of the first sports he participated in was swimming, with a Barcelona-based swimming club. Llambi now lives in Madrid. In August 2012, Llambi attended a conference organised by Groupama Seguro in Madrid. The group was one of the main sponsors for the

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in the lead up to the

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. Alongside several other Paralympians, he presented on athlete preparations for the Games.

Table tennis

Llambi competed at the

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in table tennis as an 18-year-old.

Wheelchair basketball

Llambi is a

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, and a 1.5 point player. He was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.

National team

Llambi represented Spain as a member of

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for the first time when he competed in the 1998 IWBF World Championships in Sydney, Australia. In 2011 in Nazareth, Poland, Llambi competed in the IWBF European Championships, where his team finished third. He competed in wheelchair basketball at the

in London. It was the first time the Spain national team had qualified for the Paralympics in 16 years. The team, coached by

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, finished fifth. He was one of seven members of the 142 strong Spanish team that had also competed at the 1992 Games. With the national team, he won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Championships after defeating

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. In November 2013, he was awarded a €4,000 scholarship from the

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to support his efforts to qualify for the

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Club

As of 2013, Llambi has played club basketball for Fundosa CD ONCE since around 1997, when he was 23 years old.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Llambi, Jaume Living people Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Spanish men's basketball players 1974 births Plan ADOP alumni Paralympic table tennis players of Spain Spanish disabled table tennis players Basketball players from Catalonia Sportspeople from Barcelona Guards (basketball)