Abel Ávila

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Abel Ávila
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 800 metres - T12
File:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T13.jpg
Abel Ávila (number 2) in the men's 1500 metres T13 final at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Abel Ávila is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 middle distance events.

Athletics

Competing at the Greece hosted 2005 European Championships, he won a medal.[1] He medaled at the 2006 World Championships.[1] Competing at the 2009 IBSA European Championships, he won a medal.[1] Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.[2] From the Catalan region of Spain,[1] he was a recipient a Plan ADO scholarship.[3]

Paralympics

Abel has competed in three summer Paralympics, his first in 2000 proving to be his most successful winning a silver in his only event the 800m. In the two following games he competed in 800m and 1500m and in 2004 the 5000m all without any medal success.[4]

References

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  4. profile on paralympic.org

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