UCEDA NOVAS Eduardo Manuel

Spain

Athletics

Date of Birth: 16 Jan 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: MADRID

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	Men's 400m - T11

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
European Championships
3	400m - T11	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	52.80
4	100m - T11	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	11.56

Hobbies:

Listening to music, singing, playing the flute. (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Student

Languages spoken:

Spanish

Club name:

CDA Dromos [Madrid, ESP]

Coach:

Juan Jose Morgado [club], ESP; Pedro Maroto [national], ESP

Injuries:

He sustained an injury to his adductor [hip] muscles in 2021. (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Start:

He took up the sport at age five through the Spanish National Organisation of the Blind [ONCE] in Madrid, Spain. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021; dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Reason:

He also played goalball and football but athletics was his passion. "The pleasure and freedom that I feel by running are worth all the suffering." (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Winning bronze in the T11 400m at the 2021 European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Aug 2021)

Hero:

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Influence:

His father. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Ritual:

Before competitions he listens to heavy metal music and points to the sky as a tribute to his great-grandmother, and a friend. (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Fight until the end." (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Classification
F11, T11 (IPC, 20 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (laligasports.es, 19 Jul 2016)

Impairment Details
He has optic nerve atrophy as the result of contracting meningitis at birth. "My parents realised as I was growing up because I was scared, insecure and would stumble. The doctors told me that it was degenerative and that I would lose my vision. I don't see through my right eye and can only see shapes or lights through the left, but I can't distinguish anything. I also have photophobia, I am very sensitive to sunlight." (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

Guide
Jorge Gutierrez (dxtadaptado.com, 01 Jul 2021)

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Legend

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

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