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Roger Puigbò

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Puigbo and the second or maternal family name is Verdaguer.

Roger Puigbò
Puigbò at 2009 Boston Marathon
Personal information
Full nameRoger Puigbò i Verdaguer
NationalitySpanish
Born (1978-03-20) 20 March 1978 (age 46)
Vic, Barcelona, Spain
Sport
Country Spain
SportTrack and field (T53 )
Medal record
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Stadskanaal 400m – T53
Gold medal – first place 2012 Stadskanaal 800m – T53
Silver medal – second place 2012 Stadskanaal 5000m – T54
Silver medal – second place 2014 Swansea 800m – T53

Roger Puigbò i Verdaguer (born 20 March 1978) is Spanish track and field athlete.[1] He has a disability and uses a wheelchair. He is a long-distance athlete, competing in wheelchair marathons around the world. Puigbo competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, and 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal

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Puigbo was born 20 March 1978, in Vic, Barcelona, has a disability, and uses a wheelchair.[2]

Athletics

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Puigbo is a T53 wheelchair track and field athlete.[2]

Puigbo competed at the 1998 IPC World Championship in Birmingham, England in the marathon and the 400 meter races.[2] He finished third at the Berlin Marathon in 2000.[3] He competed in the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunisia where he finished fifth in the 1,500 meters.[2] He competed at the Nottwil, Switzerland hosted 2001 I European Wheelchair Athletics 2001 where he finished fourth in the 400 meter event and the 800 meter event. He also finished eighth in the 5,000 meter event and ninth in the 1,500 meter event.[2]

At the 2003 EPC I Qtr. Europe in Assen, Netherlands, Puigbo finished second in the 800 meters and third in the 400 meters.[2] He finished fourth at the Ōita Marathon in 2005.[4] He competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, and finished second in the 1,500 meter event.[2] He competed at the 2005 EPC European Athletics Championship in Espoo, Finland, and finished first in the 400 meters, second in the 800 meter event, second in the 4 × 100 meter relay, and second in the marathon.[2]

Competing as a 28-year-old and wearing bib number W4,[5] Puigbo finished 5th at the 2006 Boston Marathon.[6] He remained with the group that finished in second, third, and fourth throughout much of the race.[7] He finished third at the Berlin Marathon in 2006.[3] He finished fourth at the Paris Marathon in 2006.[8] He finished sixth in the Schenkon Marathon in Switzerland in 2006.[9] He competed at the IWAS Open European Championship in Stadskanaal, Netherlands, and finished first in the 800 meter event, first in the 5,000 meter event, and third in the 1,500 meter event.[2] Competing at the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Bollnäs, Sweden, he finished second in the 3000 meter event.[2] He competed at the 2006 World Athletics Championships in Assen, The Netherlands, and finished sixth in the 800 meters and sixth in the Marathon.[2]

Puigbo finished fifth at the Paris Marathon in 2007.[8] He finished seventh at the 2007 New York City Marathon.[10][11] He finished third at the "Oz Day" 10 km in Sydney, Australia in 2007.[12] He finished third at the Ōita Marathon in 2007.[4]

At the Paris Marathon in 2008, Puigbo finished fourth.[8] He won the Schenkon Marathon in Switzerland in 2008.[9][13] He finished fifth at the "ING Georgia Half Marathon" in Atlanta in 2008.[14]

At the Oensingen Marathon in 2009, Puigbo came in first place, only 0.2 seconds faster than the second-place finisher.[15] He won the 2009 Seville Marathon.[16] He finished third at the Paris Marathon in 2009.[8] He finished sixth at the Paris Marathon in 2010.[8]

Puigbo finished seventh at the Ōita Marathon in 2010.[4] At the 2011 London Marathon, he finished fourth while spending most of the race with the lead pack.[17]

First place was won by Puigbo at the 2012 Seville Marathon.[18][19] In 2012, he was a recipient of a Plan ADO €20,000 athlete scholarship with a €3,000 reserve and a coaching scholarship of €2,500.[20] In the lead-up to the London Paralympics, in July 2012, he competed in a Diamond League race at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London.[21] In May 2012, he competed at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, earning a fourth-place finish in one of his races.[22] He won a gold medal at the 2012 European Championships.[23]

At the 2013 Paris Marathon, Puigbo finished third.[24]

Paralympics

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Puigbo competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, and 2012 Summer Paralympics. His best finish in Athens was 5th in the 800 meters, the best finish in Beijing was the 5th in the 800 meters, and his best finish in London was 6th in the 5,000 meter qualifying round.[2][25][26] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he finished 5th in the 800 meters.[27] He had a Did Not Finish in the marathon at the London Paralympics.[28]

References

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  1. ^ "Paralimpiadas – Deportista: Roger Puigbó Verdaguer". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "40. BMW BERLIN-MARATHON ::: SCC | EVENTS". Real-berlin-marathon.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Records | Oita International Wheelchair Marathon |". Wheelchair-marathon.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Boston Marathon runners guide — Boston Globe". Boston.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Boston Marathon runners guide — Boston Globe". Boston.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Boston Marathon — Exclusive Coverage". MarathonGuide.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Marathon de Paris 2008 : La course — Les résultats". Parismarathon.com. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Rollstuhlmarathon Schenkon 2008". Services.datasport.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Nyc Marathon: Wheelchair & Handcycle Division". Newsday.com. 4 November 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Newsday — The Long Island and New York City News Source". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 5 November 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2013.[dead link‍]
  12. ^ http://www.wcracing.net/gresults/ozday.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ profil Se déconnecter (4 September 2011). "Diane Roy monte sur le podium" (in French). RDS.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  14. ^ "ING Georgia Marathon and Half Marathon / Half Marathon". Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  15. ^ profil Se déconnecter (4 September 2011). "Morneau rate le podium de peu" (in French). RDS.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Un debut de campanillas" (in Spanish). Diariodesevilla.es. 15 February 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  17. ^ "Men's Wheelchair: Weir wins record fifth, Virgin London Marathon — Latest Race News". Lrn.london-marathon.com. 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  18. ^ "El marroquí Mohammed Blal gana el Maratón de Sevilla. ATLETISMO MARATÓN SEVILLA" (in Spanish). Terra.es. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  19. ^ "El marroquí Blal conquista el Maratón de Sevilla" (in Spanish). Huelvainformacion.es. 20 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  20. ^ "Becas A Entrenadores Del Plan Adop 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  21. ^ "Eva Ngui ultima su preparación para los Juegos Paralímpicos en la Aviva Diamond League" (in Spanish). Spain: estoesdxt. 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  22. ^ "eva ngui conquista dos medallas de bronce en la copa del mundo paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: elEconomista.es. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  23. ^ "Spain confirm squad of 142 for London 2012 - insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News". insidethegames.biz. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  24. ^ "Marathon de Paris — The race — Disabled". Parismarathon.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  25. ^ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  26. ^ "Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  27. ^ "Results" (PDF). Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  28. ^ "London 2012 - Athletics - Men's Marathon T54".
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