José Enrique Porto
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| Full name | José Enrique Porto Lareo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 October 1977 Vigo, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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José Enrique Porto Lareo (born 21 October 1977 in Vigo) is a vision impaired track cyclist from Spain.
Career
[edit]At the London 2012 Summer Paralympics, Porto teamed with sighted pilot José Antonio Villanueva in the tandem cycling events, where the pair won the silver medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial and the bronze medal in the Men's Sprint.[1]
At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, in Montichiari, Italy, Porto won a bronze medal in the Sprint event.
Awards
[edit]In 2013, in recognition of his dedication to sport and his achievements at the 2012 Paralympics, Porto was awarded the silver Spanish Royal Order of Sports Merit.[2]
References
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- ^ "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "El paralímpico extremeño Enrique Floriano recibe la Medalla de la Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo" (in Spanish). Region Digital. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
José Enrique Porto
External links
[edit]- Jose Enrique Porto Lareo at the International Paralympic Committee
- Jose Enrique Porto Lareo at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archive) (in Spanish)
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- Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
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