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and rowing. In 2012, he was 36 years old. He played wheelchair basketball for Garmat-Avilés, traveling two days a week to train and then one day a week for the game. As an adaptive powerlifter, he competed in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 Spanish
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564:(in Spanish). Spain: Somosolimpicos.com. 4 August 2013
495:"España llevarĂĄ 142 atletas a los Juegos ParalĂmpicos"
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