José Manuel Fernández Barranquero (born 19 March 1975 in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

) is a paralympic

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from Spain competing mainly in category T46 track events. Fernandez competed in three Paralympics over varying distances. His first games were in

1992 Summer Paralympics )( es, Deporte Sin Límites) , nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD) , athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD) , opened_by = Queen Sofía , opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD) , closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD) , even ...

in his home country where he competed in the 1500m, 10000m and marathon. In

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he competed in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m but was still unable to win that elusive medal. However, in the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

he competed in the 400m, won a bronze in the 800m and was part of the silver medal winning Spanish 400m relay team.

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