Miguel Galindo Garcés

Miguel Galindo Garcés is a Spanish alpine skier, and para-alpine sighted guide, and managing director of the Spanish Paralympic Committee Alberto Jofre. The whole Spanish team arrived in Whistler ahead of the 2010 Games by 7 February. Fog in Vancouver resulted in a change in scheduling for his ski events. The pair won a gold medal in the men's vision impaired downhill event. His gold medal was the first gold medal won by a Spaniard at the Games. He finished the 2010 Games with one gold medal and two silver medals. Following the Games, the Spanish Paralympic team attended a welcome back celebration at the ONCE Foundation that was also attended by Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo.

Galindo participated in a Spanish national team competition from 5 to 7 April 2010 in Vancouver. It was organised by the Federación Española de Deportes de Personas con Discapacidad Física (FEDDF), Federación Española de Deportes para Paralíticos Cerebrales (FEDPC) and Federación Española de Deportes para Ciegos (FEDC). At the first World Cup event in the 2010/2011 season, which was held in Arta Terme, Italy, Santacana and Galindo finished second in the first of the four events held. At the 2011 World Championships held in Sestriere, Italy, he finished first in the super G event. He participated in the 2012 Los Campeonatos de España de Esquí held in Valle de Arán, where the slalom, giant slalom and super G events were contested. He won gold in all three events. Near the end of the 2011/2012 ski season, he participated in a World Cup event in Italy where he finished first in the giant slalom event in the men's vision impaired group. At a January 2013 World Cup event in Switzerland, skiing with Santacana, he earned a gold medal in the giant slalom event. While he did not medal in any other events at the competition, they maintained their place on the top of the World Cup leader board for the season.

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External links

ESQUIA2
the Official website of Jon Santacana and Miguel Galindo

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1981 births
Living people
Spanish male alpine skiers
Paralympic alpine skiers for Spain
Paralympic sighted guides
Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Spain
Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
Spanish sighted guides
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain
Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
21st-century Spanish sportsmen