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Sandra Peña

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Cortés.
Sandra Peña
Personal information
Full nameSandra Peña Cortés
NationalitySpanish
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Sport
Country Spain
SportBoccia

Sandra Peña Cortés (born 1983)[1][2] is a Spanish boccia player who has represented the country internationally at the Paralympic Games after finishing first in a National competition in 2011.

Boccia

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Peña is a BC3 classified boccia player[3] and is a member of the A.R. Deporte Para Todos club.[4]

Lisbon hosted the World Championship in June 2010, and Peña was a member of the Spain national team. Competing in the BC3 team event, her team finished fifth. In the individual event, she was eliminated in the first round.[5] Elche, Spain hosted the Spain Boccia Club Championship in June 2011, with Peña participating in the event. She finished first in the BC3 individual event.[6][7]

The Belfast, Northern Ireland-hosted Boccia World Championship was held in August 2011, and Peña participated. The event was part of the ranking process to qualify for the London Paralympic Games.[8] Playing in the team competition, her team was eliminated in the group stage following loses to Croatia, Greece, and Singapore.[9] She could not get past the group stage in the individual competition either.[10] In January 2012, she participated in a boccia training camp organized by the Spain Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports (FEDPC) and the Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF), along with 24 other boccia players from around Spain, held at CRE San Andrés. The camp was part of national team preparations for the London Paralympics.[3][11][12] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She won 3–2 in the round of 16.[13] She was a member of Spain's delegation at the European Championships contested in June 2013 in Guimaraes, Portugal.[14] In October 2013, she was ranked the first in her classification in Spain. Playing pairs with Hilario José Pardo for A.R. Deporte Para Todos, the pair were ranked first.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Paralimpiadas - Deportista: Sandra Peña Cortés". Sanitas-Paralimpiadas.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2020-01-19. 13/03/1983 Logroño (La Rioja)
  2. ^ "Sandra Peña Cortes". Paralimpicos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-19. 13/07/1983
  3. ^ a b "Primera concentración paralímpica de Boccia en el CRE de San Andrés del Rabanedo — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  4. ^ a b "RANKING NACIONAL BOCCIA FEDPC, INICIO TEMPORADA 2013/2014" (PDF). Spanish Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports. October 24, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  5. ^ "Las pruebas individuales por categorías clausuraron el Campeonato del Mundo de Boccia — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  6. ^ AlexTG. "Elche acogiĂł el Campeonato de EspaĂąa de Boccia de Clubes 2011" (in Spanish). Globalon.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  7. ^ "Los mejores jugadores de boccia se citan en Elche para el Campeonato de España — Crónica Social" (in Spanish). Cronicasocial.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  8. ^ "La riojana Sandra Peña disputa la Copa del Mundo de Boccia — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). ABC.es. 2011-08-20. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  9. ^ "Chema Rodríguez, séptimo y mejor español en Belfast" (in Spanish). Diariodejerez.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  10. ^ "Finaliza la Copa del Mundo de Boccia tras disputarse las finales individuales — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  11. ^ "CRE Discapacidad y Dependencia. Centro de Referencia Estatal para la Atención a Personas con Grave Discapacidad y para la Promoción de la Autonomía Personal y Atención a la Dependencia de San Andrés del Rabanedo (León) :: Enero" (in Spanish). Crediscapacidadydependencia.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  12. ^ Estadio Nazari (2012-01-23). "La asociación cultural y deportiva "Hazlo por todos" patrocinará a Manolo Martín durante la temporada 2012" (in Spanish). Estadionazari.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  13. ^ "JJ.PP. Londres 2012 — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Csd.gob.es. 2000-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
  14. ^ "El equipo espaĂąol estĂĄ listo para la disputa del Europeo de boccia" (in Spanish). dxtadaptado.com. 2013-06-16. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
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