Xavier Porras

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Porras and the second or maternal family name is Santana.
Xavier Porras
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1981-08-22) August 22, 1981
Olot, Girona
Website www.xaviporras.com
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Track and field (T11)
Event(s) triple jump, long jump, 4x100 m relay
Club FC Barcelona
Medal record
Track and field (T11)
Competitor for  Spain
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing Men's triple jump - T11
World Championships

{2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze}

Europe Championships

{1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze}

Xavi Porras (Olot, Girona, Spain, August 22, 1981) is a Spanish paralympic sprinter and jumper who belongs to F.C. Barcelona [1] and competes in the T11 / B1 category for blind athletes or athletes with a very reduced vision.

Since he debuted with 18 years in the European of Lisbon, Xavi has always remained among the world elite, has participated in three Paralympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 -bronze in triple jump- and London 2012), seven World Athletics Championships (2 gold, 3 silver y 3 bronze) and six European (1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze). He is also the indoor world record holder of the triple jump with a record of 12,77 m. In the triple jump he has achieved his greatest success where he won two gold medals at The World Championships (13,02 m in Holland in 2006 and 12,77 m - world record indoors- in Sweden 2006); a bronze medal in the Paralympics (12,71 m in Beijing 2008) and a gold medal in the European Greece 2009 (12,76 m). Xavi won the title of champion of Spain in the long jump with a mark of 5,82 m, while still preparing with his guide Enric Martin, the World Championships Doha 2015 and the Paralympic Games of Rio 2016, his two next challenges. Xavi Porras receives Bonze Medal of Merit Sports in 2016. The Sports Council (CSD ) has granted admission athlete Xavi Porras in the Royal Order of Sports Merit "considering the merits and circumstances" in the category bronze medal. This is the highest accolade the sport in Spain.

Xavi Porras is a part of the most prestigious platform for an athlete, crowdfunding, 'Patrocínalos', of the Marca Sport Newspaper [2]

Biography

Xavi Porras spent his childhood between football, biking and skateboarding. From an early age he was fascinated with physical exertion in general and but football in particular. Thanks to the football club in his neighborhood (Club de Futbol Sant Roc) had his first experience with competition. His vision problems started when he was very young, with one and a half year he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative congenital disease.

When he was fourteen he joined ONCE and moved to the Center for Educational Resources Joan Amades in Barcelona, where in athletics he discovered extra motivation to live with his blindness, besides combining sport with his studies of Administrative Management.

In 2005 he signed for the athletics section of FC Barcelona with his partner Rosalía Lázaro being the first blind athletes in the history of the Catalan club. Xavi is also part of the ADOP plan, managed by the Spanish Paralympic Committee, being considered athlete ARC (High Performance Catalan) by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

He is married to Rosalía Lázaro, who is the most decorated Spanish Paralympic athlete of all time in the long jump B2. She holds five Paralympic Games (from Barcelona 92 to Beijing 2008), counting three Paralympic medals, nine world championships and thirteen European championships. Xavi and Rosalia have a daughter together, Egara.

Sport Biography

His beginnings were inspired by the image of his idol, Carl Lewis in the Olympic Games of Barcelona '92. A key moment was in 1998 when he meets his coach, Miguel Angel Torralba, who introduces him to the practice of athletics. They have never separated as Miguel is the one who plans his workouts and guides Xavi on jumps using the voice. In addition to his coach, Xavi has had throughout his career four guides that have been his extension both in speed tests and training:

With his coach and guide his career has been unstoppable being more than three decades in the international elite. He has participated in three Paralympics: Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012; seven World Championships: Lyon 2013, Christchurch (New Zealand 2011), São Paulo (Brazil 2007), Assen (Netherlands 2006), Visa World Cup in Manchester (UK 2006), World Championship indoor track in Bollnas (Sweden 2006), World Championship in Quebec (Canada 2003); and six European Championships (Swansea -Gales 2014) (Rodas- Greece 2009) (Espoo- Finland 2005) (Assen-Holland 2003), (Bialastok-Poland 2001) and (Lisbon-Portugal 1999). The successes of Xavi Porras are endorsed with big records whose personal bests are:

Xavi also holds the Spanish record in the high jump after passing the bar at 1.41 m.

Paralympic Games

Along with his guide Antonio Delgado Xavi attends his first Paralympic Games ( Athens 2004 ) competing in three disciplines: 100m, 200m sprint and the long jump, finishing 9th in the long jump with a personal best in the 200 meters of 24.60 seconds. Four years later he attended the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, where the triple jump was confirmed to be his best discipline, to the detriment of the 200 m sprint. This change was providential, because it enabled him to hang his first Paralympic medal, a bronze, with his eyes on the track at that time, his guide Raul Sabaté.[3] In London 2012 he completed his third consecutive Games,[4] participating in four disciplines and getting together with his current guide Enric Martín, two fifth places in the final triple jump (12,19m) and length (6,08m) as best records, and an eleventh place in the 100m which is his best so far (11,79s) and a record of Spain in the semifinals of the 4x100m relay with a time of 43,26s.

IPC World Championship

His first participation was in Quebec 2003, achieving a fourth position in the long jump for best performance. Three years later, in Assen 2006, he proclaims world champion in the triple jump with a mark of 13.02m, (his best) as well as obtaining a bronze medal in length (6,08m).[5] That same season, he participates in the Indoor World Championships in Bollnas (Suecia 2006), proclaiming himself world champion in the triple jump with a mark of 12,77m, world record indoor category; besides winning two silver in the long jump (6,03m) and 60m (7,60s). After an injury which deprived him of competing at his level the following year at the World São Paulo Games, (Brasil 2007) where he participated in the triple jump getting a creditable sixth position, Xavi Porras has to wait until the World Cup in Nueva Zelanda 2011, 2011 to become a champion of the long jump with a mark of 5.99m; while he was getting a new bronze medal as a member of the Spanish 4x100 relay team with Martín Parejo Maza (T11), MaximilianoÓscar Rodríguez Magi (T12) and Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall (T12) with a mark of 45.45. In Lyon (Francia 2013) he came back to podium with a bronze medal in the long jump, with 6,24 m.

Europe championships

His international debut came in a European Championship (Lisboa 1999) obtaining, with his first guide, Sergio Segón, a creditable fourth position in the 100 meters, which reaffirms its commitment to the sport, to the detriment of football, his passion when being a child. But its international explosion came two years later, in the championship of Bialastok (Polonia 2001), which was proclaimed runner-up in the 100 meters and the 4x100 relay. Two years later, in Assen 2003, he repeats performance with two new bronze medals in the long jump (6,06m) and 4x100 respectively, becoming one of the best European sprinters and jumpers and endorsing his status in the championships of Espoo (Finlandia 2005) where, in addition to greatly improving his brand in the length, he proclaims runner-up with a record of 6,19m and brushes the podium in the final of the 100 meters. His next continental appointment was Rhodes (Grecia 2009), which adds three more medals on a brilliant performance: gold [6] in the triple jump (12,76m),silver in length (5,90m) and bronze in the 100 (11.90”). In his sixth appearance in a European Championships, Swansea [7] (Wales 2014), he returns to the podium getting his ninth continental medal, bronze in the long jump with a mark of 5,93m which puts the icing on the cake of a great 2014 when he wins back the crown of Spain as a champion in the 100 meter sprint in 2012 and becomes a national runner-up in the long jump.

Medal Template

He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China where he was the third best athlete in the triple jump. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics,[8] where he finished fifth in the triple jump.[9]

Paralympics Games

(1 medal Bronze )

London 2012

Beijing 2008

Athens 2004

World Championship

(2 gold, 3 silver y 3 bronze)

World Championship in Lyon (France) 2013

World Championships in Christchurch (New Zealand) 2011

World Championship in São Paulo (Brazil) 2007

World Championship in Assen (Netherlands) 2006

Visa World Cup in Manchester (England) 2006

World Championships indoor in Bollnas (Sweden) 2006

World Championship in Quebec (Canada) 2003

European Championships

(1 gold, 4 silver y 4 bronze)

European Championships in Swansea (Wales) 2014

European Championship in Rhodes (Greece) 2009

European Championships in Espoo (Finland) 2005

European Championships in Assen (Netherlands) 2003

European Championship in Bialystok (Poland) 2001

European Championships in Lisbon (Portugal) 1999

Athletics of the Blind

The categories are classified based on the athlete's level of vision, giving us three classes: B1, B2 and B3: B1: Athletes who are blind or have very limited vision, which requires the help of a guide to perform in any event. B2: Athletes who have a greater level of vision that allows them to be self-sufficient when performing in any event, but who may still request the use of a guide whenever they deem it appropriate. B3: Athletes with a greater level of vision than the B2 athletes, but without reaching 100% non-disability. This classification is always used in competitions that are strictly for the blind and visually impaired, whereas in championships for people with other disabilities, like the Paralympic Games for example, B1 is T11, B2 is T12 and B3 is T13 for races, whilst F11, F12 and F13 are used for contests and p11, p12 and p13 are used for the pentathlon. For B2 athletes is the same as for B1, regardless of whether the athlete asks for a guide or not, since it is deemed that a lane should be left empty between athletes for safety reasons due to their level of vision. Category B3 is the one with no kind of adaptation, as these series are the same as those for non-disabled athletes. The only difference between the long jump and the triple jump lies in the takeoff board. Whereas non-disabled athletes have a 30-centimetre takeoff board (of which 20 cm are considered valid and the last ten considered void) as wide as the lane, for B1 and B2 athletes this board would be one meter long and as wide as the lane. This board is dusted with white chalk so that during takeoff, the athlete’s footprints will show up on the board, thereby measuring a real jump from the footprint marked on the board. Just like in races, B3 athletes don’t need any kind of adaptation. As for the B1s, they can have two assistants on the track: one to stand in the takeoff zone and guide the athlete throughout the jump and another to indicate the spot where the race begins. Relays take place just like those of non-disabled athletes. The only rule that may be different from those of the Olympic Games is the fact that each team must include a B1 athlete and a B2 athlete. Blind and visually impaired athletes cannot perform in every one of the IAAF’s wide range of events, including hurdles, the 3,000-metre steeplechase and pole vault. For the rest, all rules are governed by IAAF regulations.

External links

References

  1. ↑ "F.C. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Spain: FC Barcelona.
  2. ↑ "Patrocínalos" (in Spanish). Spain: Patrocínalos.
  3. ↑ "2008 Beijing" (in Spanish). Spain: Marca.
  4. ↑ "Las Paralimpiadas no son un invento social; son deporte" (in Spanish). Spain: Sport.
  5. ↑ "Xavi Porras world champions" (in Spanish). Spain: Paralimpicos.
  6. ↑ "Xavi Porras Campeón de Europa en Triple Salto" (in Spanish). Spain: El Mundo.
  7. ↑ "Medalla de bronce Campeonato de Europa" (in Spanish). Spain: Powergym.
  8. ↑ "Récord" (in Spanish). Spain: Paralimpico.
  9. ↑ "medaltemplate" (in Spanish). Spain: Paralimpico.

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1.1.External links Official website: www.xaviporras.com Xavi Porras official channel on YouTube :

Spanish Paralympic Committee Biography

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