Omar Font

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Omar Font
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Personal information
Nationality Spain
Born (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 32)
El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Spain
IPC European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle – S12

Omar Font Jimenez (born 27 February 1990) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal[]

Font was born on 27 February 1990 in El Vendrell, Tarragona.[1] He is from the Catalan region of Spain,[2][3] and has a vision impairment.[1]

Swimming[]

Font is an S12 classified swimmer.[2] He is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC).[4][5]

At the 2006 World Swimming Championship in Durban, South Africa, Font finished sixth in the 400 meter freestyle, seventh in the 50 meter freestyle and tenth in the 200 meter freestyle.[1] In 2007, he competed at the IDM German Open.[6] At the 2007 World Games for the Blind and Partially Sighted in Brazil, he won a pair of silver medals in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay and 4x100 meter medley relay.[7] He won a bronze medal at the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championships.[8][9] He was one of 42 Spanish team members, of which 22 had physical disabilities, 6 had cerebral palsy, 10 were blind and four had intellectual disabilities.[10] At the 2009 World Championships Short Course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he won a bronze medal in the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle.[1][11]

Font competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands.[12][13] He finished fourth in the 100 meter freestyle.[5][14][15] In 2012, he competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities. He finished first in the 100 meter butterfly event.[2][16] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he finished sixth in the 100 meter freestyle.[17] Prior to heading to London, he participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session.[18] From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADOP scholarship.[19] He competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[3][20][21][22][23] In 2013, he was one of seven Paralympic sportspeople to get a 2013/2014 "Iberdrola Foundation Scholarship" that was awarded by the Spanish Paralympic Committee, , the Spanish Sports Council and the Spanish Ministry of Social Services and Equality. It provided him with €490 a month for the ten academic months of the year.[24][25]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Datos Biografía" (in Spanish). Spain: Paralimpicos.es. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Tres récords nacionales en el Campeonato de España por Comunidades Autónomas de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Extremaduradehoy.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Los mejores nadadores paralímpicos disputan el Campeonato de España en Murcia — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Zaragoza acoge este fin de semana el Campeonato España de Natación Adaptada — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. ^ Tarragona. "La nadadora Deborah Font consigue cuatro oros en los Juegos Mundiales para Ciegos y Deficientes de Brasil" (in Spanish). Spain: 20minutos.es. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  8. ^ "España se marcha de los Europeos Paralímpicos con 51 medallas | Solidaridad" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. 2009-10-27. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  9. ^ "España termina como tercera potencia europea de natación paralímpica en Berlín 2011 :: Deportes :: Otros" (in Spanish). Spain: Periodista Digital. 2011-04-16. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  10. ^ "LORCA / El lorquino Kevin Méndez disputa en Islandia el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: murcia.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  11. ^ "Deportes : El paralímpico pacense Enrique Floriano disputa en Brasil el Mundial de Natación en Piscina Corta" (in Spanish). Spain: Regiondigital.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  12. ^ "El Mundial de Natación Paralímpica reúne en Holanda a los 38 mejores españoles — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  13. ^ "España arranca con cinco medallas en el Mundial de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  14. ^ "España acaba con 26 medallas las competiciones de piscina en el Mundial de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Teleprensa.es. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  15. ^ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. 2010-08-21. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  16. ^ "Castellón acoge a los mejores nadadores en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  17. ^ "Atracón de medallas para España en la sexta jornada de los paralímpicos de Pekín" (in Spanish). Spain: Cadenaser.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  18. ^ "Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridad Digital. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  20. ^ Agencia EFE. "Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldiariomontanes.es. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  21. ^ "Plan renove" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  22. ^ "Deporte. Michelle alonso, sarai gascón y sebastián rodríguez, grandes favoritos españoles en el mundial de natación paralímpica – Juegos paralímpicos – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Juegos paralímpicos en lainformacion.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Noticias.lainformacion.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  23. ^ "España busca ser potencia en los Mundiales para Discapacitados" (in Spanish). Spain: Europapress.es. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  24. ^ "Siete deportistas paralímpicos reciben las 'Becas fundación Iberdrola'" (in Spanish). Spain: El Confidencial. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  25. ^ "Susana Rodríguez recibe una beca de la Fundación Iberdrola". Atlantico.net. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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