Marta Arce Payno

Marta Arce Payno (born 27 July 1977)[1][2] is a B3 classified Spanish judo competitor who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics where she has won a pair of silver medals and a bronze medal.

Marta Arce
Personal information
Full nameMarta Arce Payno
NationalitySpanish
Born (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977
Valladolid, Spain
Sport
Country Spain
SportJudo
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens -57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing -63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London -63 kg
European Para Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Rotterdam-57 kg J2

Personal

Arce was born in Valladolid with a form of albinism that led to progressive loss of vision to the point where she lost all her sight.[3] She speaks four languages, Spanish, English, Italian and Japanese.[3] She is a mother, giving birth in 2009.[3] Her day job is being a physical therapist working for the Autonomous University of Madrid.[3] In November 2013, she participated in a program run by the Programa ADOP Empleo to train Paralympic athletes in developing business communication and entrepreneurship skills.[4]

Judo

Arce is a B3 classified judo competitor.[5] She started participating in judo after moving to Madrid to attend university. Her entrance to the sport was through her brother who was active in it at that time.[3] From that point on, she did almost daily training in the sport.[3]

The first IPC European Judo Championships Arce competed in were the ones hosted in Città di Castello where she picked up a gold medal.[3][6] She competed at the European Championships held in 1999 in Italy.[6] In 2001, she competed at a World Cup event in Rio de Janeiro.[6] Competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal.[3] The 2004 Games were the first time women's judo appeared on the Paralympic programme.[6] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she repeated her performance and won another silver medal.[3] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[7] She competed at the London hosted 2012 Summer Paralympics in judo,[3][8][9] where she won a bronze medal.[10][11][12] In her path to bronze, she competed against Swedish Nicolina Perheim and Cuban Dalidaivis Rodríguez Clark.[13][14] Her bronze was the second bronze medal won by Spain in judo at the London Games, coming minutes after teammate Maria Monica Merenciano won bronze.[5][6]

References

  1. "Marta ARCE PAYNO". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29.
  2. "Marta ARCE". Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12.
  3. Anita Guerra (2012-08-31). "Juegos Paralímpicos. Marta Arce, bronce en Londres, cuatrilingüe, madre y fisioterapeuta" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujerhoy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. "Jon santacana, david casinos y xavi torres, entre los paralímpicos que asistirán a una jornada para potenciar sus habilidades de comunicación" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  5. "Marta Arce, en judo, logra para España la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldia.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. "La vallisoletana Marta Arce da al judo español la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  7. "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  8. "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.
  9. "Primer oro y tres bronces ms para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. 31 August 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  10. "Marta Arce, en judo, logra la segunda medalla de bronce | Polideportivo | AS.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Masdeporte.as.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. "Londres 2012 termina con coldplay rihanna y 42 medallas para el equipo español" (in Spanish). Spain: El Telescopio Digital. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  12. "Marta Arce, bronce en judo paralímpico, Juegos Paralímpicos Londres 2012 – RTVE.es A la Carta" (in Spanish). Spain: Rtve.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  13. "María Mónica Merenciano y Marta Arce logran el bronce en judo en Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  14. "La judoka de Las Rozas Marta Arce, bronce en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Lasrozas.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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