Manuel Ángel Martín

Manuel Ángel Martín Pérez (born January 30, 1980, in Pórtugos, Granada)^[1] is a Spanish boccia player who is also known as Manolo Martín.^[2] He has cerebral palsy and is a BC2 type athlete.

Manuel Ángel Martín

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Ángel Martín Pérez
Nickname(s)	Manolo
Nationality	Spanish
Born	January 30, 1980 (1980-01-30) (age 43) Pórtugos, Granada, Spain
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Boccia
Disability class	BC2
Medal record Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Individual BC2 2008 Beijing Team BC1-BC2 World Championships 2010 Lisbon Team European Championships 2009 Póvoa de Varzim Individual 2009 Póvoa de Varzim Team

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Martín competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, winning bronze medals in the Individual BC2 and Team BC1-BC2 events. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England.^[3][4]

At the 2009 European Championships in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, he won a silver medal in individual competition and a bronze in the team event. The following year he won a bronze medal in team competition at the World Championships in Lisbon.^[1]

Boccia

Martín is a BC2 classified boccia player.^[5] Some of his boccia competition participation has been sponsored by Granada CF and by the sports foundation "Hazlo por todos".^[6][7] He is a member of the Amics de la Boccia club.^[8]

Lisbon hosted the World Championships in June 2010, and Martín picked up a bronze medal in the individual competition.^[9] Elche, Spain hosted the Spanish Boccia Club Championship in June 2011, with Martín participating in the event. He finished second in the individual BC2 event while representing ASPACE Granada, Andalucía.^[10][11]

The Boccia World Championships were held in August 2011, and he participated. The event was part of the ranking process to qualify for the London Paralympic Games.^[12] Around Christmas time in 2011, he injured himself and doctors had a hard time identifying the injury because of existing medical conditions. The injury made it difficult for him to compete.^[7] In January 2012, he participated in a boccia training camp organized by the Spanish 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.^[7][5][13] Club ADM and the Sociocultural Disability Association (ASCM) organized the June 2012 Spanish national championships which he competed in.^[14] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He lost 4–5 in the round of 16.^[15]

The third edition of the International Boccia Championships Pecanins Roser took place in 2013, with a team representing the Catalan region of Spain, a team representing the rest of Spain and a team representing Great Britain. He competed on the rest of Spain team. The event was a warm up for the European Championships. Martin won the BC2 individual event against Zoe Robinson of Great Britain by a score of 11–4 and against Benito Sánchez of Catalonia. The pair of victories qualified him for the final where he played against Spain national team teammate Pedro Cordero Martin whom he be 3-2^[6] He was a member of Spain's delegation at the European Championships contested in June 2013 in Guimaraes, Portugal.^[16] In October 2013, he was ranked the Spain's best competitor in his classification.^[8] His team, which includes Vicente Lletí, Raul Martí and Sabrina Balen, was ranked number one.^[8]

References

1. "Paralimpiadas - Deportista: Manuel Ángel Martín Pérez" [Paralympics - Athlete: Manuel Ángel Martín Pérez]. Sanitas-Paralimpiadas.es (in Spanish). from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2020-01-19. (English translation)
2. "Manolo Martín ya es Leyenda Paralímpica Granadina" [Manolo Martín is already a Grenadian Paralympic Legend]. La Ciudad Accesible (in Spanish). 6 November 2016. Retrieved 2020-01-19. Manuel Ángel Martín Pérez (English translation)
3. [Biographies]. Paralimpico.es (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2013. (English translation)
4. [Manuel Ángel Martín and José María Dueso face the Spanish Championship for Boccia Clubs in Barakaldo]. lainformacion.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-10. (English translation)
5. "Primera concentración paralímpica de Boccia en el CRE de San Andrés del Rabanedo — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
6. "Manolo Martín, campeón del torneo internacional 'Roser Pecanins' de Boccia" (in Spanish). Granada En Juego. from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
7. Estadio Nazari (2012-01-23). (in Spanish). Estadionazari.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
8. "RANKING NACIONAL BOCCIA FEDPC, INICIO TEMPORADA 2013/2014" (PDF). Spanish Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports. October 24, 2013. (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
9. "Manolo Martín, bronce mundial" (in Spanish). Granadahoy.com. from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
10. AlexTG. (in Spanish). Globalon.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
11. (in Spanish). Cronicasocial.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
12. (La Rioja) DEPORTES,POLIDEPORTIVO &#124 > AREA: Deporte (2011-08-20). "La riojana Sandra Peña disputa la Copa del Mundo de Boccia — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). ABC.es. from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
13. "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. from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
14. "Crónica del Campeonato de España de Boccia de Clubes — Boccia — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
15. (in Spanish). Csd.gob.es. 2000-01-01. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
16. "El equipo espaĂąol estĂĄ listo para la disputa del Europeo de boccia" (in Spanish). dxtadaptado.com. 2013-06-16. from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-24.

External links

• Manuel Angel Martin at the International Paralympic Committee
• Manuel Angel Martin Perez at the Comité Paralímpico Español (in Spanish)