When Rebollo was eight months old, he contracted polio with both legs affected, the right one severely. He competed in archery, representing Spain at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer Paralympics. He won a silver in 1984, bronze in 1988, and a second silver in 1992.
The opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics featured the Olympic Flame being ignited from afar by a flaming arrow. Rebollo was one of 200 archers considered for the position of firing the arrow. There were sunrise practices, along with wind machines to simulate various weather conditions, and flaming arrows that would often singe fingers. He was among four finalists, and was chosen two hours before the event.[2]
There were no fears. I was practically a robot. I focused on my positioning and reaching the target. My feelings were taken from the people who described to me how they saw it. What they felt, their emotions, their cries. This is what made me realise what the moment actually meant.
— Antonio Rebollo, in a segment with NBC about the lighting of the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]
antonio, rebollo, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, rebollo, second, maternal, family, name, liñán, liñán, born, june, 1955, madrid, spain, spanish, paralympic, archer, during, opening, ceremony, 1992, summer, olympics, barcelona, olympic, cauldro. In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Rebollo and the second or maternal family name is Linan Antonio Rebollo Linan born 19 June 1955 in Madrid Spain is a Spanish Paralympic archer During the opening ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona he lit the Olympic Cauldron by shooting a flaming arrow over it igniting the gases 1 Antonio RebolloRebollo in 2017Personal informationBirth nameAntonio Rebollo LinanNationalitySpanishBorn 1955 06 19 19 June 1955 age 68 Madrid SpainMedal record Men s para archeryRepresenting SpainParalympic Games1984 Stoke Mandeville Men s double FITA round integrated1988 Seoul Men s double FITA round open1992 Barcelona Men s teams openLife and career editWhen Rebollo was eight months old he contracted polio with both legs affected the right one severely He competed in archery representing Spain at the 1984 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics He won a silver in 1984 bronze in 1988 and a second silver in 1992 The opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics featured the Olympic Flame being ignited from afar by a flaming arrow Rebollo was one of 200 archers considered for the position of firing the arrow There were sunrise practices along with wind machines to simulate various weather conditions and flaming arrows that would often singe fingers He was among four finalists and was chosen two hours before the event 2 There were no fears I was practically a robot I focused on my positioning and reaching the target My feelings were taken from the people who described to me how they saw it What they felt their emotions their cries This is what made me realise what the moment actually meant Antonio Rebollo in a segment with NBC about the lighting of the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics 2 References edit Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Video News Medals Olympic org Retrieved 2013 07 22 a b Antonio Rebello Paralympic Archer YouTube 2006 11 03 Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 Retrieved 2013 07 22 External links editAntonio Rebollo at the International Paralympic CommitteeOlympic GamesPreceded byMichel Platini amp Francois Cyrille Grange Final Olympic torchbearerBarcelona 1992 Succeeded byHaakon Crown Prince of NorwayPreceded byChung Sun Man Sohn Mi Chung amp Kim Won Tak Final Summer Olympic torchbearerBarcelona 1992 Succeeded byMuhammad AliPreceded byLuc Sabatier Final Paralympic TorchbearerBarcelona 1992 With Coral Bistuer Succeeded byHelge BjornstadPreceded byLee Jae oon amp Kiifi Hyun mi Final Summer Paralympic TorchbearerBarcelona 1992 With Coral Bistuer Succeeded byMark Wellman nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Spanish archery figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Paralympic medalist of Spain is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antonio Rebollo amp oldid 1179205926, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
