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Javier Salmerón

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Javier Salmerón
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 400 metres - C8
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 4x100 metre relay - C5-8
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 800 metres - C8

Javier Salmerón (1966/1967 – 6 February 2024) was a Spanish paralympic athlete who competed mainly in category C8 400 m events.

Salmerón competed in both the 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics as part of the Spanish athletics team. At the 1988 games he finished eighth in the 100 m but won a bronze in the 800 m. In the 1992 games he was unable to repeat this feat in the 800 m as he failed to make the final, he did however finish sixth in the 200 m, fourth in the 100 m and won a silver medal in the 400 m behind Canada's Frank Bruno who set a new world record, he was also part of the Spanish team that finished second in the 4 × 100 m behind the United States.[1]

Salmerón died in Barcelona on 6 February 2024, at the age of 57.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Javier Salmeron". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
  2. ^ "Muere Javier Salmerón, abanderado de España en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Barcelona'92". Disca Media. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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