PINEDA MATABUENA Jorge

Date of Birth: 23 Apr 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Sport Class: PR3

Place of birth: BILBAO

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : BILBAO

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ ESP Spain	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Heat 1 #7	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Repechage 1 #15	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Final B #20	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
4	Men's PR2 Single Sculls	2019	Linz, AUT	9:26.88
8	Men's PR2 Single Sculls	2018	Plovdiv, BUL	9:59.66
13	PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x	2019	Linz, AUT	10:48.97

Watching anime, listening to music. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Medicine - University of the Basque Country, Spain

Languages spoken:

Basque, English, Spanish

Maria Jesus Bermudez [national], ESP

Sporting relatives:

His grandfather was a handball player and coach in Vizcaya, Spain. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

2018 for Spain, World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

He took up the sport at age 13 in Bilbao, Spain. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

He saw his brother training and wanted to imitate him. "There is no middle ground with rowing, either you love it or you hate it, and luckily I was hooked. In the water with the boat, I feel peace and freedom. It is a joy." (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Finishing third in the PR3Mix4+ category at the 2021 Paralympic qualification event in Gavirate, Italy and securing a place at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dxtadaptado.com, 30 Jul 2021)

His grandfather, who played competitive handball in Spain. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

His family. (Facebook profile, 29 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"You give up. I don't dare." (Facebook profile, 29 Jun 2021)

General Interest

Classification
PR3 (worldrowing.com, 03 Jun 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Impairment Details
He mother had a premature birth after 28 weeks and he had a stroke when he was born. "I had spastic diplegia, muscular atrophy in the lower body and impaired mobility of the legs. The doctors told my parents that I would never walk, but they were wrong. With determination and insistence we turned that diagnosis around and here I am still fighting." (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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