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Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo (born 19 April 1984) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain.[1] He competed at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics and is a European and World Championships medaling competitor.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo |
| Nationality |  Spain |
| Born | 19 April 1984 Spain |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Backstroke |
| Club | Club Fidias |
Medal record | |
Martínez is from Andalusia.[2][3][4] In 2010, he was a guest of ONCE for a special screening of the documentary, "La Teoría del Espiralismo", about the lives of Paralympic sportspeople. He spoke before the screening of the film.[5]
Martínez is an S3 swimmer,[2][6][7] and is a member of Club Fidias.[8] He started competitive swimming in 2006.[9]
Martínez competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he competed in three events. Following the Games, he and other Seville Olympians and Paralympians were special guests at a function hosted by the Minister of Tourism, Trade and Sport of the Junta de Andalucía, Luciano Alonso.[8][10] The Beijing Games were his Paralympic debut.[11] He qualified for the Games in April of that year,[12] and attended a national team training camp in the Canary Islands around that time.[9]
Martínez was one of 42 Spanish team members at the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championships, of which 22 Spanish competitors had physical disabilities, 6 had cerebral palsy, 10 were blind and four had intellectual disabilities.[7] He competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands.[13][14][15] He finished second in the 50 meter backstroke.[16] He competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he won a gold medal in the 4x50 meter medley relay, a silver in 50 meter backstroke and bronze medal in 200 meter freestyle.[17][18][19][20]
In March 2012, Martínez qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics at London, representing Spain in the 50 metre backstroke S3.[1][11] At the Paralympics he came through heat 2 in a comfortable qualifying time, but just missed a podium finish when he came fourth in a time of 51.83.[1] In 2012, he competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities. He set a national record at the event in the 50 meter backstroke.[2][21] He competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships winning four individual and a team silver medal; in each of his races he saw Russian rival Dmytro Vynohradets take the gold medal.[3][6][22][23][24]
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