Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo (born 19 April 1984) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He competed at both the

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and

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and is a European and World Championships medaling competitor.

Personal

Martínez is from Andalusia. In 2010, he was a guest of

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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.

Swimming

Martínez is an S3 swimmer, and is a member of Club Fidias. He started competitive swimming in 2006. Martínez competed in 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 ...

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. The Beijing Games were his Paralympic debut. He qualified for the Games in April of that year, and attended a national team training camp in the Canary Islands around that time. 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. He competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands. He finished second in the 50 meter backstroke. 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. In March 2012, Martínez qualified for the

at London, representing Spain in the 50 metre backstroke S3. 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. 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. He competed at the

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winning four individual and a team silver medal; in each of his races he saw Russian rival

Dmytro Vynohradets Dmytro Vynohradets (born 25 May 1985) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine. He competes in S3, SB2 (breaststroke) and SM3 (individual medley) events. Career history Vynohradets competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralym ...

take the gold medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Miguel Angel 1984 births Living people Spanish male backstroke swimmers Spanish male freestyle swimmers S03 Paralympic swimmers for Spain Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships