José Manuel Rodríguez (boccia)

José Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez[lower-alpha 1] (born 2 September 1980)[1][2] is a Spanish boccia player, who has represented the country internationally at the Paralympic Games. Vazquez won a gold medal in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.[3]

For other people named José Manuel Rodríguez, see José Manuel Rodríguez (disambiguation).
José Manuel Rodríguez
Personal information
Full nameJosé Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez
NationalitySpanish
Born2 September 1980 (1980-09-02) (age 43)
Cádiz
Sport
Country Spain
SportBoccia

Personal

Rodríguez is from Cádiz.[4] He was born on 3 September 1980. He became a player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC3 type athlete skilled at boccia.[5] He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the two person game and finished second. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[6]

Boccia

Rodriguez is a member of the Adupace Jerez club.[5]

At the Lisbon-hosted World Championships in June 2010, Rodríguez was a member of the Spain national team in the BC3 team event. They finished fifth.[7] Elche, Spain hosted the Spanish Boccia Club Championship in June 2011, with Rodriguez participating in the event. He finished third in the BC3 individual event.[8][9]

The Belfast, Northern Ireland hosted Boccia World Championships were held in August 2011, and he participated. The event was part of the ranking process to qualify for the London Paralympic Games.[4] He made the quarterfinals but was eliminated by the eventual winner.[10][11] In January 2012, he was unable to attend a boccia training camp organized by Spain's Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports (FEDPC) and the Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF) at CRE San Andrés.[12] Club ADM and the Sociocultural Disability Association (ASCM) organized the June 2012 Spain national championships. Competing with teammate Diego Bejarano, they finished first in the BC3 pairs competition.[13] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he lost 0–11 in the round of sixteen.[14]

In October 2013, Rodríguez was ranked Spain's fourth best competitor in his classification.[5]

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodriguez and the second or maternal family name is Vazquez.

References
  1. "Paralimpiadas - Deportista: José Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez". Sanitas-Paralimpiadas.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  2. "Jose Manuel Rodriguez Vazquez". Paralimpicos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  3. Portugal shine as individual boccia gets underway Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, paralympic.org, 5 September 2012, retrieved November 2013
  4. "La riojana Sandra Peña disputa la Copa del Mundo de Boccia — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). ABC.es. 2011-08-20. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  5. "RANKING NACIONAL BOCCIA FEDPC, INICIO TEMPORADA 2013/2014" (PDF). Spanish Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports. October 24, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  6. "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  7. "Las pruebas individuales por categorías clausuraron el Campeonato del Mundo de Boccia — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  8. AlexTG. "Elche acogiĂł el Campeonato de EspaĂąa de Boccia de Clubes 2011" (in Spanish). Globalon.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  9. "Los mejores jugadores de boccia se citan en Elche para el Campeonato de España — Crónica Social" (in Spanish). Cronicasocial.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  10. "Chema Rodríguez, séptimo y mejor español en Belfast" (in Spanish). Diariodejerez.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  11. "Finaliza la Copa del Mundo de Boccia tras disputarse las finales individuales — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  12. "CRE Discapacidad y Dependencia. Centro de Referencia Estatal para la Atención a Personas con Grave Discapacidad y para la Promoción de la Autonomía Personal y Atención a la Dependencia de San Andrés del Rabanedo (León) :: Enero" (in Spanish). Crediscapacidadydependencia.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  13. "Crónica del Campeonato de España de Boccia de Clubes — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  14. "JJ.PP. Londres 2012 — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Csd.gob.es. 2000-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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