Spain at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Spain at the
Paralympics

IPC code| ESP
NPC| Spanish Paralympic Committee
Website| www.paralimpicos.es (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 12th|

Gold
236
Silver
253
Bronze
254
Total
743
Summer appearances

* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Winter appearances

* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Athletes from Spain have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1968 Summer events and the country hosted the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Competitors have represented Spain in ten of the twelve Summer Paralympics, missing only the first two events in Rome and Tokyo.

Spain's breakthrough year came in 1992 when they hosted the event; their medal tally rocketed with a level of performance that would be maintained for the following two events. The 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney saw their greatest achievements at the Games but the medal victories were overshadowed by a cheating controversy that would change the way that intellectually disabled competitors were tested for their disability (see Cheating at the Paralympic Games).[1]

## Teams[edit]

Traditionally, Spain has sent three times as many male competitors as female competitors. At the same time, women have won 48.39% of all Spain's Paralympic medals compared to 24.32% for men.[2][clarification needed]

### Multi medalists[edit]

Spanish athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals.

No.  | Athlete  | Sport  | Years  | Games  | Gender  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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1 | Purificacion Santamarta |  Athletics | 1980-2004 | 7 | F | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16
2 | Richard Oribe |  Swimming | 1992-2012 | 6 | M | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17
3 | Sebastián Rodríguez |  Swimming | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15
4 | Teresa Perales |  Swimming | 2000-2016 | 5 | F | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26
5 | Sara Carracelas Garcia |  Swimming | 1996-2008 | 4 | F | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10
6 | Javier Conde |  Athletics | 1992-2008 | 5 | M | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9
7 | Júlio Requena |  Athletics | 1992-2000 | 3 | M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8
8 | Javier Torres |  Swimming | 1996-2008 | 4 | M | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10
9 | Enhamed Enhamed |  Swimming | 2004-2012 | 4 | M | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10
10 | David Casinos |  Athletics | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5
11 | Antonio Cid |  Boccia | 1992-2004 | 4 | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6
12 | Ricardo Ten |  Swimming Cycling | 1996-2020 | 7 | M | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7
13 | Jesus Collado Alarcon |  Swimming | 2000-2012 | 4 | M | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6
14  | Michelle Alonso |  Swimming | 2012-2020  | 3  | F  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3
15 | Enrique Floriano |  Swimming | 2000-2012 | 3 | M | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8
16  | Miguel Luque |  Swimming | 2000-2020  | 6  | M  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 7
17 | Christian Venge |  Cycling | 2000-2012 | 4 | M | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5
18 | Beatriz Mendoza |  Athletics | 1992-2000 | 3 | F | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6
19 | Juan Viedma |  Athletics | 1992-2000 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5
20 | Deborah Font |  Swimming | 2000-2012 | 4 | F | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7
21 | Sarai Gascón Moreno |  Swimming | 2008-2016 | 3 | F | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6
22 | José Manuel Ruiz Reyes |  Table tennis | 2000-2016 | 5 | M | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5

## Medal tallies[edit]

### Summer Paralympics[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Ranking

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1960 Rome | did not participate
1964 Tokyo | did not participate
1968 Tel-Aviv | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20th of 22
1972 Heidelberg | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 27th of 31
1976 Toronto | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22nd of 32
1980 Arnhem | 1 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 28th of 40
1984 Stoke Mandeville
New York | 21 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 11th of 38
1988 Seoul | 18 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 13th of 48
1992 Barcelona | 39 | 32 | 49 | 120 | 4th of 55
1996 Atlanta | 39 | 31 | 36 | 106 | 5th of 60
2000 Sydney | 38 | 30 | 38 | 106 | 4th of 68
2004 Athens | 20 | 27 | 24 | 71 | 7th of 75
2008 Beijing | 15 | 21 | 22 | 58 | 10th of 76
2012 London | 8 | 18 | 16 | 42 | 17th of 75
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 9 | 14 | 9 | 32 | 11th of 83
2020 Tokyo | 9 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 15th of 86
Total | 222 | 207 | 241 | 670 | 11

### Winter Paralympics[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Ranking

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1984 Innsbruck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —
1988 Innsbruck | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11th of 22
1992 Tignes-Albertsville | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17th of 19
1994 Lillehammer | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13th of 25
1998 Nagano | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7th of 31
2002 Salt Lake City | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12th of 22
2006 Turin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13th of 19
2010 Vancouver | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13th of 21
2014 Sochi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13th of 19
2018 Pyeongchang | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23rd of 26
Total | 15 | 16 | 12 | 43 | 16

### Medals by summer sport[edit]

Leading in that sport

Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Swimming| 111| 125| 118| 354
Athletics| 85| 67| 61| 213
Cycling| 13| 15| 21| 49
Boccia| 5| 7| 7| 19
Judo| 4| 9| 7| 20
Table tennis| 1| 6| 13| 20
Shooting| 1| 2| 2| 5
Triathlon| 1| 1| 3| 5
Wheelchair fencing| 1| 0| 4| 5
Archery| 0| 2| 1| 3
Goalball| 0| 1| 1| 2
Wheelchair basketball| 0| 1| 0| 1
Football 5-a-side| 0| 0| 2| 2
Football 7-a-side| 0| 0| 1| 1
Canoeing| 0| 0| 0| 0
Powerlifting| 0| 0| 0| 0
Rowing| 0| 0| 0| 0
Taekwondo| 0| 0| 0| 0
Wheelchair tennis| 0| 0| 0| 0
Totals (19 entries)| 222| 236| 241| 699

### Medals by winter sport[edit]

Leading in that sport

Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Alpine skiing| 15| 15| 10| 40
Cross-country skiing| 0| 2| 1| 3
Snowboarding| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (3 entries)| 15| 17| 12| 44

## See also[edit]

* Spain at the Olympics
* Spain at the Deaflympics

## References[edit]

1. ^ IPC. 2 February 2003. "INAS-FID Eligibility System Unsatisfactory: Athletes with Intellectual Disability Cannot Participate". Accessed 14 August 2007.
2. ^ "Federación Mujeres Jóvenes" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujeresjovenes.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

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National sports teams of Spain

* Acceleration
* American football
* Badminton
* Baseball
* U18
* Baseball5
* Basketball
* M
* M-U20
* M-U19
* M-U18
* M-U17
* M-U16
* W
* W-U20
* W-U18/19
* W-U16/17
* 3x3 Basketball
* M
* W
* Beach handball
* M
* W
* Beach soccer
* M
* W
* Cricket
* M
* W
* Field hockey
* M
* M-U21
* W
* W-U21
* Floorball
* Football
* M
* M-U23
* M-U21
* M-U20
* M-U19
* M-U18
* M-U17
* M-U16
* M-U15
* W
* W-U23
* W-U20
* W-U19
* W-U17
* CP
* Futsal
* M
* W
* Goalball
* Gymnastics
* W
* Handball
* M
* M-U17
* M-U19
* W
* W-U19
* W-U17
* Ice hockey
* M
* M-U20
* M-U18
* W
* W-U18
* Lacrosse
* M
* W
* Quidditch
* Roller derby
* Roller hockey
* M
* W
* Rugby league
* Rugby union
* M
* M-U20
* M7
* W
* W7
* Softball
* Squash
* M
* W
* Tennis
* M
* W
* X
* Volleyball
* M
* M-U19
* W
* W-U20
* W-U18
* Water polo
* M
* W
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair handball

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Nations that have competed at the Paralympic Games

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Congo
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* East Timor
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
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* Kazakhstan
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* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* East
* West
* Great Britain
* Greece
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* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel1
* Italy
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* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
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* Moldova
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* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* Winter
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Other|

* Independent Paralympic Participants
* Individual Paralympic Athletes
* Neutral Paralympic Athletes
* Refugee Paralympic Team
* RPC
* Unified Team

Historical|

* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Rhodesia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

1 Israel has been a member of the European Paralympic Committee (EOC) since 1994.
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