David García del Valle

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David Garcia Del Valle
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1981-06-13) June 13, 1981 (age 42)
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Judo

David Garcia Del Valle (born June 13, 1981 in Almeria) is a judo athlete from Spain, who has represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a pair of silver medals in 2000 and 2004.

Personal

García was born June 13, 1981 in Almeria. He has a vision impairment.[1] He resides in Grenada.[2]

Judo

García is a B2 classified judo competitor.[1] He took home a gold medal in his weight class at the 2011 IPC European Judo Championships.[3] In October 2011, he competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[4] In 2012, he won the Spanish national disability judo championship.[5] He competed in the 2013 Spanish national disability judo championship organized by the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind.[5] In April 2013, he was one of the organizers of the II Festival Soliadrio Jushirokan in Madrid. The event was a master class in judo.[6] The 2013 IPC European Judo Championships were held in early December in Eger, Hungary, and he competed in them in the (under 66 kilos event.[3][7][8][9][10] He lost his first match of the competition.[11][12] Going into the competition, he was viewed as one of the favorites to potentially win a medal for Spain.[2]

Paralympics

García competed in judo at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. He earned a silver in the Up to 66 kg men's group at the 2000 and 2004 Games.[1] In November 2013, he competed in the Open Judo Tournament Guadalajara.[13]

References

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