José Rodríguez Vázquez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rodriguez  and the second or maternal family name is Vazquez.
José Manuel Rodríguez Vazquez
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born 3 September 1980
Cádiz
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Boccia

José Manuel Rodríguez Vazquez is a Spanish boccia player, who has represented the country internationally at the Paralympic Games. Vazquez won a Gold Medal in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.[1]

Personal

Rodríguez is from Cádiz.[2] He was born on 3 September 1980. He became a player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC3 type athlete skilled at boccia.[3] He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the two person game and finished second. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[4]

Boccia

Rodriguez is a member of the Adupace Jerez club.[3]

When Lisbon hosted the World Championships in June 2010, Rodríguez was a member of the Spanish national team. Competing in the BC3 team event, his team finished fifth.[5] Elche, Spain hosted the Spanish Boccia Club Championship in June 2011, with Rodriguez participating in the event. He finished third in the BC3 individual event.[6][7]

The Belfast, Northern Ireland hosted Boccia World Championships were held in August 2011, and he participated. The event was part of the ranking process to qualify for the London Paralympic Games.[2] He made the quarterfinals but was eliminated by the eventual winner.[8][9] In January 2012, he was unable to attend a boccia training camp organized by the Spanish Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports (FEDPC) and the Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF) at CRE San Andrés.[10] Club ADM and the Sociocultural Disability Association (ASCM) organized the June 2012 Spanish national championships which he competed in. Playing with Diego Bejarano, they finished first in the BC3 pairs competition.[11] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he lost 0-11 in the round of sixteen.[12]

In October 2013, Rodríguez was ranked the fourth best Spanish competitor in his classification.[3]

References

  1. Portugal shine as individual boccia gets underway, paralympic.org, 5 September 2012, retrieved November 2013
  2. 1 2 "La riojana Sandra Peña disputa la Copa del Mundo de Boccia — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). ABC.es. 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  3. 1 2 3 "RANKING NACIONAL BOCCIA FEDPC, INICIO TEMPORADA 2013/2014" (PDF). Spanish Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports. October 24, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  4. "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. "Las pruebas individuales por categorías clausuraron el Campeonato del Mundo de Boccia — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  6. AlexTG. "Elche acogiĂł el Campeonato de EspaĂąa de Boccia de Clubes 2011" (in Spanish). Globalon.es. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  7. "Los mejores jugadores de boccia se citan en Elche para el Campeonato de España — Crónica Social" (in Spanish). Cronicasocial.com. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  8. "Chema Rodríguez, séptimo y mejor español en Belfast" (in Spanish). Diariodejerez.es. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  9. "Finaliza la Copa del Mundo de Boccia tras disputarse las finales individuales — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  10. "CRE Discapacidad y Dependencia. Centro de Referencia Estatal para la Atención a Personas con Grave Discapacidad y para la Promoción de la Autonomía Personal y Atención a la Dependencia de San Andrés del Rabanedo (León) :: Enero" (in Spanish). Crediscapacidadydependencia.es. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  11. "Crónica del Campeonato de España de Boccia de Clubes — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  12. "JJ.PP. Londres 2012 — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Csd.gob.es. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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