Albert Gelis Juanola

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gelis and the second or maternal family name is Juanola.
Albert Gelis Juanola
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1981-10-26) October 26, 1981
Sant Joan Les Fonts, Girona
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Swimming (S12)

Albert Gelis Juanola (born October 26, 1981 in Sant Joan Les Fonts, Girona) is a vision impaired S12 swimmer from Spain.

Personal

Gelis was born October 26, 1981 in Sant Joan Les Fonts, Girona.[1] He is from the Catalan region of Spain.[2]

Swimming

Gelis is a vision impaired S12 swimmer.[1] He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He earned a silver medal at the 2004 Games in the 4 x 100 meter 49 Points Medley Relay.[1][2] In 2007, he competed at the IDM German Open.[3] From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[2] Prior to heading to London for the 2012 Games, he participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  3. "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
  4. "Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridad Digital. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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