Jacob Guilera

Jacob Guilera
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1979-03-30) 30 March 1979
Spain
Residence Bourg-Madame, France
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Para-alpine skiing
Event(s) Downhill
Slalom
Giant slalom
Super combined
Super G
Club CE Taradell

Jacob Guilera Casas (born 30 March 1979) is a single arm amputee para-alpine standing skier from Spain. He has competed at the European Cup, the Paralympic Winter World Cup, the Italian National Championships, the World Cup, and the World Championships.

Personal

Guilera is a left arm amputee.[1][2] He is a trainer and coordinator for the Spanish disabled sports organisation, Play and Train.[3] He resides in Bourg-Madame commune, France.[4]

Skiing

Guilera is a LW6/8-1 classified skier.[4] He competes in the standing group, one of the three general disability types in para-alpine skiing.[5][6] He has represented the Federación Catalana Minusvalids Fisics (FCMF) in at least one international skiing event.[7]

Guilera competed at the 2007 IPC Alpine Skiing European Cup.[8] At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, he was one of several Spanish skiers competing.[9] He finished the 2007/2008 European Cup season in twenty-fourth place.[10] He finished fifth in the super G, third in the giant slalom and fifth in the slalom at the 2008 Italian Alpine Skiing Championships, held in Sestriere.[7] In January 2009, he participated at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina. He was disqualified during the second run of the slalom event.[2] He finished seventh in the overall standings of the giant slalom at the 2009 Paralympic Winter World Cup, held in Sollefteå, Sweden.[11][12] Guilera competed in the super-G event of the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships held in Jeongseon, South Korea; he did not advance to the finals.[13] It was the first World Championship he had competed in.[14] At the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing European Cup, he finished eighth overall with 296 points.[15]

Guilera was one of five – nine when guides are counted – Spanish skiers competing at the 2010 IPC Disabled Alpine Skiing World Cup, hosted in Sestriere. He finished the event in twenty-seventh place.[16] At the 2010 European Cup, he finished fourth in the super combined event.[17] At the January 2010 World Cup event in Austria, he finished twenty-fourth with a time of 2:28:29 in the giant slalom event.[18] He was unable to compete in the super combined event because it was cancelled.[19] He earned a bronze in the slalom event at the third European Cup event held in La Molina in late January 2010.[20] He had two fourth places finished prior to earning his bronze.[5] The Campionat de Catalunya Open d'Esquí Alpí took place in late January 2010 with skiers representing the five regions of Spain including Aragon, Galicia, Catalonia, Madrid and the Basque Country. He represented Catalonia as a member of the ski club, CE Taradell, and came in first in the standing category events.[21] He participated in the standing category at the first World Cup event in the 2010/2011 season, which was held in Arta Terme, Italy in early January 2011. He finished sixteenth overall in the giant slalom with a time of 2:57.10.[22][23] At the 2011 World Championships held in Sestriere, he finished eighteenth in the slalom event.[24][25][26] Near the end of the 2011/2012 ski season, he participated in a World Cup event in Italy where he finished eighteenth in the giant slalom event.[27]

References

  1. ↑ "Jacob Guilera fa història amb el seu podi a La Molina" (in Catalan). Esportadaptat.cat. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Los Españoles Jon Santacana y Anna Cohi imparables en la copa del mundo IPC en La Molina - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Who are we – Team". Playandtrain.org. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Alpine Skiing – Athletes – Guilera Jacob". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Dos oros más y un bronce para España en el slalon de Copa de Europa de La Molina - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Steadward, Robert D; Peterson, Cynthia (1997). Paralympics : where heroes come. Edmonton: One Shot Holdings Publ. Division. pp. 159–164. ISBN 0968209203. OCLC 716890782.
  7. 1 2 "Tres esquiadores ciegos en el Campeonato de Italia - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Cuatro españoles compiten en la segunda prueba de la Copa de Europa de Esquí Alpino - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Final del campeonato de Europa en La Molina - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Jon Santacana Subcampeón de Europa - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "Exito español en la 1ª copa paralímpica del mundo de invierno - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Éxito de los esquiadores españoles en la I Copa Paralímpica del Mundo de Invierno" (in Spanish). Spain: Cocemfe.es. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Santacana logra su segunda medalla al conquistar la plata en el supergigante." (in Spanish). Spain: Diariovasco.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "Once espanoles en el mundial de esquí alpino para discapacitados - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Solidaridad Digital - Anna Cohí, campeona de Slalom y Gigante en la Copa de Europa de Esquí" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridaddigital.es. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Jon Santacana y su guía Miguel Galindo medalla de plata en la Copa Del Mundo de Esquí Alpino" (in Spanish). Spain: Radio Huesca. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "Esquí alpino.- Jon Santacana y Anna Cohí vencen en la tercera prueba de la Copa de Europa para Discapacitados - EcoDiario.es" (in Spanish). Spain: Ecodiario.eleconomista.es. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  18. ↑ "Anna Cohí logra su tercera medalla en la Copa del Mundo" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "España acaba con siete medallas la Copa del Mundo Paralímpica - Más deporte | Esquí alpino" (in Spanish). Spain: AS.com. 2010-01-15. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Solidaridad Digital - El equipo español acaba con doce medallas en la Copa de Europa de Esquí Alpino de La Molina" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridaddigital.es. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "Campeonato de Cataluña Open de Esquí Alpino Adaptado en La Molina - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  22. ↑ "Santacana segundo en la copa del mundo de esquí adaptado - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  23. ↑ "Santacana primero en la copa del mundo de esquí adaptado de Arta Terme - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  24. ↑ "Espectacular actuación española en el mundial de esquí adaptado de Sestriere - Esquí Adaptado" (in Spanish). Spain: Nevasport.com. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  25. ↑ "Santacana, plata en el eslalon, logra cuarta medalla en Mundial de Sestriere" (in Spanish). Spain: Terra. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "Cuarta medalla para Santacana" (in Spanish). Spain: Heraldo.es. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  27. ↑ Global Mirrorcomm - Desojo Luciano (3 May 2012). "Libertad Balear. El diario digital de Baleares » Blog Archive » Jon Santacana se adjudica el oro en el eslalon gigante del Mundial para discapacitados" (in Spanish). Spain: Libertad Balear. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
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