Abel Vázquez
Personal information
Full nameAbel Vázquez Cortijo
NationalitySpanish
Born3 August 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 34)
Sport
Country Spain
SportJudo

Abel Vázquez Cortijo[lower-alpha 1] (born 3 August 1989)[1] is a judo athlete from Spain who represented Spain at the 2011 and 2013 IPC European Championships, and the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal

Vázquez is vision-impaired.[2] He is from Seville.[3][4] He completed a Bachelor of Science in Physical Activity and Sport. In 2013, he was attending Pablo de Olavide University in Seville where he was working on completing a Masters of Teaching in Secondary Education.[5]

Judo

Vázquez won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championships[2][3] held in Crawley, England.[4] In October 2011, he competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[6] In November 2013, he competed in the Open Judo Tournament Guadalajara.[2] He competed in the 2013 IPC European Judo Championships held in early December in Eger, Hungary,[3][7][8][9] winning a silver medal[10][11][12][13][14][15] in the under-81kilogram group.[16] He competed against Ukrainian Olexandr Kosinov for the bronze medal.[4] The national team, coached by Vicente Arolas, treated the event as preparation for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4] In 2013, he was one of seven Paralympic sportspeople awarded a 2013/2014 "Iberdrola Foundation Scholarship" by the Spanish Paralympic Committee, Iberdrola Foundation, the Spanish Sports Council and the Spanish Ministry of Social Services and Equality. It provided him with €490 for each of the ten academic months of the year.[5][17]

Paralympics

Vázquez competed in judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2][3][18] In London, he finished in fourth place after losing in the bronze medal match.[19]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vázquez and the second or maternal family name is Cortijo.

References

  1. ↑ "Abel Vazquez Cortijo". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2016-10-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "El diario de Alhaurín de la Torre" (in Spanish). Spain: diariolatorre.es. 2007-08-02. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Abel Vázquez se alzó con la medalla de plata en el Campeonato de Europa paralímpico — content deportivo" (in Spanish). Spain: Estadiodeportivo.com. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Siete deportistas paralímpicos reciben las 'Becas fundación Iberdrola'" (in Spanish). Spain: El Confidencial. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Carmen Herrera y Mónica Merenciano lucharán en Hungría por conquistar el Campeonato de Europa de Judo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "El coruñés Adrián Rodríguez, hasta Hungría por un sueño — La Opinión A Coruña" (in Spanish). Spain: Laopinioncoruna.es. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Deportes. carmen herrera y mónica merenciano lucharán en hungría por conquistar el campeonato de europa de judo paralímpico — EcoDiario.es" (in Spanish). Spain: Ecodiario.eleconomista.es. 2013-12-03. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Deportes. espana finaliza con cuatro medallas el campeonato de europa de judo paralímpico — EcoDiario.es" (in Spanish). Spain: Ecodiario.eleconomista.es. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Abel Vázquez conquista la medalla de plata en el Campeonato de Europa de Judo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). Spain: Lavozlibre.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "España termina con cuatro medallas en los Europeos de Hungría" (in Spanish). Spain: Mundodeportivo.com. 2013-12-21. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "El sevillano Abel Vázquez, plata en el Campeonato de Europa" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldesmarque.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  13. ↑ R. C. Valencia. "Mónica Merenciano se vuelve con un bronce de Hungría" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  14. ↑ "España cierra su participación en Hungría con cuatro medallas" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  15. ↑ "Abel Vázquez, plata en el Europeo de Judo" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "Susana Rodríguez recibe una beca de la Fundación Iberdrola". Atlantico.net. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  18. ↑ "Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. 31 August 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
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