Magdalena Amo
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Track and field (athletics) | ||
Representing Spain | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | Long Jump - F10-11 | |
1992 Barcelona | Long Jump - B2 |
Magdalena "Magda" Amo Rius[a] (born 23 July 1973) is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F10-11 long jump events.
Magdalena competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics where she failed to finish the 200m but finished second in the long jump behind Raisa Zhuravleva who set a new games record. She returned for the 1996 Summer Paralympics concentrating on the long jump and it paid off as Magdalena came away with the gold medal in a new Paralympic record beating compatriot Rosalia Lazaro on count back with compatriot Purificacion Ortiz completing the Spanish clean sweep of medals.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amo and the second or maternal family name is Rius.
References
[edit]- ^ "Magdalena Amo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
External links
[edit]- Magdalena Amo at the International Paralympic Committee
- Magda Amo Rius at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archived) (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Spanish female sprinters
- Spanish female long jumpers
- Paralympic athletes for Spain
- Paralympic gold medalists for Spain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Visually impaired sprinters
- Visually impaired long jumpers
- Paralympic sprinters
- Paralympic long jumpers
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
- Spanish Paralympic medalist stubs