Spain 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 ...
in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Spain sent 142 competitors to London, 23% of whom were women.
The team was composed of 224 people, with 127 sportspeople and 15 guides, and 82 support staff. They competed in 15 different sports,
[ and 74% of the competitors had connections to a high performance sport center in Spain.][
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Medalists
The Spanish Paralympic Committee
Spanish Paralympic Committee ( es, Comité ParalÃmpico Español, CPE) is a Spanish non-profit sport organisation founded in 1995, that oversees five national disability sport federations. The organisation has a Secretary General and a President ...
had €600,000 to allocate to Spanish Paralympic medalists. For sportspeople eligible for only one medal, they were eligible for €15,000 for a gold, €7,500 for a silver and €4,500 for a bronze. For sportspeople eligible for more than one medal, golds were €10,000, silvers were worth €5,000 and bronze medals were worth €3,000. In team sports, gold medals were worth €5,000, silver medals were worth €2,500 and bronze medals were worth €1,500.[
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Archery
Men
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Guillermo () is the Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People
*Guillermo Amor (born 1967), Spanish football manager and former player
*Guillermo Arà ...
, align=left, Men's individual compound open
, 649
, 13
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W 6-4
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W 6-4
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W 6-4
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L 4-6
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L 2-6
, 4
, -
, align=left, Jose Marin Rodriguez
, align=left, Men's individual recurve W1/W2
, 591
, 11
,
W 6-0
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L 2-6
, colspan=4, Did not advance
Women
, -
, align=left, Maria Rubio Larrion
, align=left, Women's individual compound open
, 637
, 9
,
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W 6-4
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L 4-6
, colspan=3, Did not advance
Athletics
Spain sent 24 track and field competitors to London. Joan Munar MartÃnez was the youngest member of the team at 16 years of age.Elena Congost Mohedano
Elena Congost Mohedano (born in Madrid 20 September 1987) is a T12/ B2 track and field athlete from Spain. Born with a degenerative vision impairment, she is a teacher who lives in Barcelona, Spain. She competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and ...
,
Boccia
Individual events
Pairs and team events
Cycling
Football 5-a-side
Spain qualified for the 5-a-side tournament.
;Group play
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal match
Judo
;Men
;Women
Powerlifting
Rowing
Spain sent only one rower to London, Juan Pablo Barcia.
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
;Men
Wheelchair basketball
Men's tournament
The Spanish men's wheelchair basketball team were in ''Group A'' with the United States, Australia, South Africa, Italy and Turkey.
;Group stage
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;Quarter-final
;5th–8th place semi-final
;5th/6th place match
Wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair tennis
See also
*Spain at the Paralympics
Athletes from Spain have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1968 Summer events and the country hosted the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Competitors have represented Spain in ten of the twelve Summer Paralympics, missing only the first two eve ...
*Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed in all but two Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1920. Spain boycotted two editions, the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi ...
References
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Nations at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012
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2012 in Spanish sport