José Manuel Rodríguez Ibáñez (born 20 May 1966) is a

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competing mainly in category F11 long and triple jump events. Jose Manuel was part of the Spanish Paralympics every games from

1984 Summer Paralympics The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, commonly known as the 1984 Summer Paralympics, were the seventh Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes w ...

2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ...

winning medals at five of the games. His first medal came in 1984 when he won a silver medal in the triple jump as well as competing in the B1 category high jump. The following games led to a bronze medal in his only event, the B1 triple jump. The

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led to more medals a bronze in the 100m and his first gold medal in the triple jump as well as competing in the long jump. In the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

he again competed in the long and triple jump and won the gold medal in both as well as a silver in the 100m. Sydney hosted 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 the last time that the Summer Paralympics were organized by two different Organ ...

which were to be Jose's fifth games leading to a third consecutive gold medal in the triple jump, a silver in the long jump as well as competing in the 100m. Jose's last games in 2004 were somewhat of a disappointment as despite competing in the long jump and triple jump he failed to win any further medals.

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