PADILLA Froilan

Football 5-a-side

Date of Birth: 22 Feb 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B1

Place of birth: SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : ARGENTINA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football 5-a-side	Men ARG Argentina	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #03 ARG Argentina 2 MAR Morocco 1	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #08 ESP Spain 0 ARG Argentina 2	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #11 ARG Argentina 3 THA Thailand 0	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Semi-final 1 #15 CHN China 0 ARG Argentina 2	Finished
	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Gold Medal Match #18 ARG Argentina 0 BRA Brazil 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Men	2012	London, GBR
World Championship
2	Men	2018	Madrid, ESP
2	Men	2014	Tokyo, JPN

Coki (Facebook profile, 19 Feb 2020)

Languages spoken:

River Plate [Buenos Aires, ARG]

Martin Demonte [national], ARG

Position style:

Defender (unoentrerios.com.ar, 17 Sep 2016)

Sporting relatives:

His brother-in-law Maximiliano Espinillo has represented Argentina in Para football 5-a-side, and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Mar 2020; Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

A sports hernia prevented him from playing at the 2010 World Championships in Hereford, England. (elgrafico.com.ar, 12 May 2015)

National league:

Liga Nacional [ARG] (liganfc.com, 04 Aug 2020)

He began playing football at age six. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Winning bronze at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org, 2018)

Argentinian vision impaired footballer Diego Ariel Cerega. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Philosophy:

"I live for football." (vice.com, 20 May 2015)

He was named in the Team of the Tournament at the world championships in 2014 and 2018. (paralympic.org, 2018)

General Interest

Classification
B1 (ibsasport.org, 22 Dec 2019)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
He began losing his vision at age 14 due to retinitis pigmentosa. He was diagnosed as completely blind at age 18. (radionacional.com.ar, 26 Sep 2020; elgrafico.com.ar, 12 May 2015; elmunicipalweb.com.ar, 01 Jan 2015)

General
MOVE TO BUENOS AIRES
He grew up with seven siblings in a small town 1200 km from Buenos Aires. At age 25 he moved to the Argentinian capital with one of his brothers. "I achieved what for me is the most important thing a human being can have - independence. I started looking for schools on my own and I learned Braille. I learned how to use a computer. I didn't even know computers had systems for the blind." (elgrafico.com.ar, 12 May 2015; elmunicipalweb.com.ar, 01 Jan 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/coki.padilla

Legend

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

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