CANO BLANCO Ivan Jose

Date of Birth: 7 May 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T13

Place of birth: ALICANTE

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : ALICANTE

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Long Jump - T13	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Men's Long Jump - T13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	Long Jump - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	6.75
3	Long Jump - T13	2019	Dubai, UAE	7.04
5	Long Jump - T13	2017	London, GBR	6.60
19	100m - T13	2017	London, GBR	12.19
DSQ	100m - T13	2019	Dubai, UAE	DSQ
DNS	100m - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	DNS
European Championships
1	Long Jump - T13	2018	Berlin, GER	6.77
2	Long Jump - T13	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	6.90
11	100m - T13	2018	Berlin, GER	11.97

The Rock ["I was given the name because I'm the best in my team at weights and strength training"]. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Sports, going to the cinema, music, spending time with friends. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Telecommunications Engineering - University of Alicante, Spain

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club Atletismo Alicante [Spain]

Sergio Garcia Berbegal [club]

Other sports:

He has competed in able-bodied athletics at national junior level in Spain. (proyectofer.es, 01 Mar 2015)

2014 for Spain, European Championships in Swansea, Great Britain (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

He fractured the fibula bone in his leg in May 2018. He then broke the radial bone in his arm in June of the same year, but recovered in time to win gold at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (lasexta.com, 23 Aug 2018)

He took up the sport at age 15 in Alicante, Spain, after also practising taekwondo as a child. "When I was 15 I got the black belt and decided I wanted to play another sport." (lasprovincas.es, 19 Apr 2021; diarioclubsantjoan.com, 19 Sep 2014)

"I always loved sports and athletics was a real revelation for me. I was fast, and when I learned I could compete at the Paralympic Games, I decided to try athletics." (lasprovincas.es, 19 Apr 2021; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

To win gold at the world championships and the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Winning gold in the T13 long jump at the 2016 European Championships in Grosseto, Italy. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Coach Sergio Garcia Berbegal, Spanish long jumper Fernando Ramos. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"The horizon is not the limit of what you can see, but the motivation to go further than you can imagine." (Twitter profile, 06 Jun 2016)

He was named the 2016 Best Para Athlete in Alicante, Spain. (estadiodigital.es, 22 Apr 2017; Diputacion Alicante, 28 Oct 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T13, F13 (IPC, 18 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with albinism. (lasprovincas.es, 19 Apr 2021)

General
PARALYMPIC FOCUS
In 2021 he chose to focus on preparing for the rescheduled Paralympic Games in Tokyo over his studies in telecommunications. "Combining sport with studies is complex, but you have to have a B plan for athletics. This year [2021] I'm 100% focused on the goal of the Games." (lasprovincas.es, 19 Apr 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He serves as vice president of FR Project Co, a sports clothing company based in Alicante, Spain. "For me there is no greater pleasure than wearing an outfit made by myself at big sporting events. It's like saying to the public, 'Here I am!'" (Facebook profile, 06 Jan 2020; FR Project Co Facebook page, 24 May 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied physics at the University of Alicante in Spain. (proyectofer.es, 17 Nov 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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