VILA BARGIELA Desiree

Date of Birth: 15 Jun 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T63

Place of birth: VIGO

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : MADRID

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m - T63
	Women's Long Jump - T63	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Women's Long Jump - T63 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m - T63 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
8	Long Jump - T63	2019	Dubai, UAE	3.60
9	100m - T63	2019	Dubai, UAE	17.16
European Championships
3	Long Jump - T63	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	4.23
4	100m - T63	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	16.89
6	Long Jump - T63	2018	Berlin, GER	2.74
DSQ	100m - T63	2018	Berlin, GER	DSQ

Desi (atlantico.net, 07 Mar 2021)

Going to the cinema, sports, reading, writing. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; olympodeportivo.com, 26 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker, Student

International Relations - King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, ESP

Languages spoken:

English, French, Spanish

Other sports:

Prior to her accident she competed in acrobatic gymnastics at international level. (desivila.es, 01 Jun 2019)

2018 for Spain (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

In February 2020 she twisted her ankle while training for the long jump and was sidelined for one month. (Facebook page, 28 Feb 2020)

She sustained a stress fracture of a metatarsal bone in her foot in 2019, and was out of action for one month. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

She took up the sport at age 19 in Madrid, Spain. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

She was encouraged by a friend to begin Para athletics. "When I put on my running prosthetics for the first time the feeling was amazing. It was as if I was getting my life back." (lavanguardia.com, 21 Jun 2019; atlantico.net, 08 May 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

She trains at the Joaquin Blume High Performance Centre [CAR] in Madrid, Spain. (womenshealthmag.com, 08 Mar 2021; desivila.es, 15 Nov 2019)

Placing sixth in the women's T63 long jump at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Spanish gymnast Almudena Cid, Spanish Para cyclist Alfonso Cabello. (womenshealthmag.com, 08 Mar 2021; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Coach Antonio Ranchal. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"We do not choose our own destiny, but the attitude to face life." (farodevigo.es, 05 Mar 2018)

In 2019 she received the Loitador [Fighter] Award from the Official School of Physiotherapists of Galicia, Spain. (desivila.es, 01 Jun 2019; diariodepontevedra.es, 12 Feb 2019)

In 2016 she received special mention awards at the sport galas of both Vigo and Gondomar in Spain. (desivila.es, 01 Jun 2019; farodevigo.es, 17 Mar 2016; telemarinas.com, 04 Oct 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T63 (IPC, 09 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (farodevigo.es, 05 Mar 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
In 2015 she broke the tibia and fibula in her right leg while practising acrobatic gymnastics. The treatment she received caused further complications, resulting in her leg being amputated. Her family filed a lawsuit for medical negligence against the doctor and the hospital. The doctor was initially sentenced to two years in prison and a four-year professional suspension, as well as a payment of over two million Euros in compensation. However, in 2019 the jail sentence and the suspension were revoked, and the total amount of compensation was reduced. (farodevigo.es, 05 Mar 2018, 22 Jan 2017; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; lavanguardia.com, 21 Jun 2019; elespanol.com, 29 Jan 2019)

General
BOOK
In 2018 she published her autobiography titled 'Lo Unico Incurable Son las Ganas de Vivir' ['The Only Incurable Thing is the Will to Live']. (farodevigo.es, 05 Mar 2018; desivila.es, 15 Nov 2019; Instagram profile, 02 Oct 2019; olympodeportivo.com, 26 Nov 2019)

STUDYING ABROAD
She has studied tourism in London, England, and in Malta, through the European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students [ERASMUS] programme. In 2018 she began studying international relations at the King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain. (elconfidencial.com, 26 Aug 2018; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; farodevigo.es, 05 Mar 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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