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{{short description|Spanish Paralympic athlete}} |
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| name = María Vanesa Ortega Godoy |
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| sport = [[Paralympic athletics]] |
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|disability = Congenital [[cataracts]] |
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|disability_class = [[T11 (classification)|T11]] |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|3|24|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Malaga]], [[Spain]] |
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{{MedalSport|[[Paralympic athletics]]}} |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Paralympic Games]]}} |
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{{MedalSilver| [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T11|400 |
{{MedalSilver| [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T11|400 m T11]]}} |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[IBSA World Games]]}} |
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{{MedalGold|1998 Madrid|400m T12}} |
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'''María Ortega''' is a [[paralympic]] [[track and field|athlete]] from [[Spain]] competing mainly in category T11 sprint events. |
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{{MedalSilver|1998 Madrid|200m T12}} |
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{{MedalCompetition|IBSA European Athletics Championships}} |
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{{MedalGold|1994 London|60m T12}} |
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{{MedalGold|1994 London|800m T12}} |
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{{MedalGold|1994 London|4x100m relay T12}} |
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{{MedalGold|1994 London|Long jump F12}} |
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{{MedalGold|1997 Riccione|400m T12}} |
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{{MedalSilver|1999 Lisbon|400m T12}} |
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{{MedalBronze|1999 Lisbon|200m T12}} |
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'''María Vanesa Ortega Godoy''' is a [[Paralympic]] former [[track and field|athlete]] from [[Spain]] competing mainly in category T11 sprint events. She was a [[athletics at the Paralympics|Paralympic]] silver medalist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/maria-ortega |title=Maria Ortega |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Ortega was born with congenital cataracts as a result of her mother contracting [[rubella]] during pregnancy. Her sporting career began in January 1994 when her parents took her to [[Seville]] to Louis Braille Education Resource Centre she met her first coach Florencio Morcillo, he trained her for less than a month and she competed at her first ever track and field competition for the blind and visually impaired in [[Torremolinos]], she then successfully qualified for the IBSA European Championships in [[London]]. She conquered the championships and won four golds in sprinting events and the long jump. She became a national champion in the 400m and 800m a year later, she was selected once more to compete at the IBSA European Championships in [[Valencia]] but she couldn't because she had eye surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 August 2022|title=Maria Vanesa Ortega Godoy - Andalusian Olympic and Paralympic Athletes (in Spanish)|url=https://www.fundacionandaluciaolimpica.org/biografias-olimpicas/maria-vanesa-ortega-godoy/|archive-date=|access-date=25 March 2024|website=Andalusian Olympic Committee}}</ref> |
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Maria competed as part of the Spanish Paralympic athletics team at the [[1996 Summer Paralympics]] in Atlanta. She finished second in her 200m heat behind Germany's [[Claire Brunotte]] who set a world record only to lose it in the final and then finished second behind Russia's [[Rima Batalova]] in the 400m final earning her the silver medal. |
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She competed as part of the Spanish Paralympic athletics team at the [[1996 Summer Paralympics]] in Atlanta following her two consecutive wins at the Spanish national championships, she was one of the youngest competitors of the [[Spain at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Spanish delegation]] just aged fifteen. She finished second in her 200m heat behind Germany's [[Claire Brunotte]] who set a world record only to lose it in the final and then finished second behind Russia's [[Rima Batalova]] in the 400m final earning her the silver medal. After Ortega won her Paralympic silver medal, she went on to compete at the [[IBSA World Games]] in 1998 in [[Madrid]] where she won two more medals, followed by two gold medals at the 1998 World Junior Championships in [[Prague]] in 400m and shot put. She also participated at the [[2001 IAAF World Championships]] in the 100m T12 demonstration event.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 August 2022|title=Vanesa Ortega Godoy - Paralimpicos (in Spanish)|url=https://www.paralimpicos.es/atletas/ortega-godoy-vanesa|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Paralimpicos}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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* {{IPC athlete|vanesa-ortega|Vanesa Ortega}} |
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| Disability | Congenital cataracts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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María Vanesa Ortega Godoy is a Paralympic former athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T11 sprint events. She was a Paralympic silver medalist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Ortega was born with congenital cataracts as a result of her mother contracting rubella during pregnancy. Her sporting career began in January 1994 when her parents took her to Seville to Louis Braille Education Resource Centre she met her first coach Florencio Morcillo, he trained her for less than a month and she competed at her first ever track and field competition for the blind and visually impaired in Torremolinos, she then successfully qualified for the IBSA European Championships in London. She conquered the championships and won four golds in sprinting events and the long jump. She became a national champion in the 400m and 800m a year later, she was selected once more to compete at the IBSA European Championships in Valencia but she couldn't because she had eye surgery.[2]
She competed as part of the Spanish Paralympic athletics team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta following her two consecutive wins at the Spanish national championships, she was one of the youngest competitors of the Spanish delegation just aged fifteen. She finished second in her 200m heat behind Germany's Claire Brunotte who set a world record only to lose it in the final and then finished second behind Russia's Rima Batalova in the 400m final earning her the silver medal. After Ortega won her Paralympic silver medal, she went on to compete at the IBSA World Games in 1998 in Madrid where she won two more medals, followed by two gold medals at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Prague in 400m and shot put. She also participated at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in the 100m T12 demonstration event.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maria Ortega". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Maria Vanesa Ortega Godoy - Andalusian Olympic and Paralympic Athletes (in Spanish)". Andalusian Olympic Committee. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Vanesa Ortega Godoy - Paralimpicos (in Spanish)". Paralimpicos. 28 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Maria Ortega at the International Paralympic Committee
- Vanesa Ortega at the International Paralympic Committee
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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