RODRIGUEZ Sebastian

Spain
Swimming
28 Feb 1957
64
Male
S5
CADIZ
 
Spain
VIGO
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle - S5 8
Men's 100m Freestyle - S5  
Men's 200m Freestyle - S5 8
Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points
ESP
Spain
 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 200m Freestyle - S5 Heat 1
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 200m Freestyle - S5 Final
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 100m Freestyle - S5 Heat 1
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points Heat 2
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points Final
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 50m Freestyle - S5 Heat 2
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 50m Freestyle - S5 Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
150m Freestyle - S52004Athens, GRE32.61
1100m Freestyle - S52004Athens, GRE1:13.39
1200m Freestyle - S52004Athens, GRE2:41.87
150m Freestyle - S52000Sydney, NSW, AUS34.47
1100m Freestyle - S52000Sydney, NSW, AUS1:17.94
1200m Freestyle - S52000Sydney, NSW, AUS2:49.91
14x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2000Sydney, NSW, AUS2:24.42
1Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points2000Sydney, NSW, AUS2:39.94
250m Freestyle - S52012London, GBR33.44
2200m Freestyle - S52012London, GBR2:43.11
2200m Freestyle - S52008Beijing, CHN2:38.88
24x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2008Beijing, CHN2:18.73
3100m Freestyle - S52012London, GBR1:15.70
350m Freestyle - S52008Beijing, CHN33.78
3Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points2008Beijing, CHN2:40.38
3Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points2004Athens, GRE2:44.65
450m Freestyle - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA34.62
4100m Freestyle - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:17.10
5200m Freestyle - S52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA2:50.53
5100m Freestyle - S52008Beijing, CHN1:16.15
84x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points2012London, GBR4:05.49
94x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2004Athens, GRE2:46.77
World Championships
14x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2010Eindhoven, NED2:21.82
14x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2006Durban, RSA2:21.89
150m Freestyle - S52002Mar del Plata, ARG33.40
1100m Freestyle - S52002Mar del Plata, ARG1:16.07
1200m Freestyle - S52002Mar del Plata, ARG2:48.76
14x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2002Mar del Plata, ARG2:25.93
250m Freestyle - S52015Glasgow, GBR34.61
2Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points2013Montreal, QC, CAN2:42.60
250m Freestyle - S52010Eindhoven, NED33.05
250m Freestyle - S52006Durban, RSA33.91
2200m Freestyle - S52006Durban, RSA2:48.45
2Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points2006Durban, RSA2:41.83
350m Freestyle - S52017Mexico City, MEX34.66
350m Freestyle - S52013Montreal, QC, CAN33.75
3100m Freestyle - S52013Montreal, QC, CAN1:15.38
3200m Freestyle - S52010Eindhoven, NED2:47.12
3Men's 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points2010Eindhoven, NED2:40.43
4100m Freestyle - S52015Glasgow, GBR1:17.35
44x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2013Montreal, QC, CAN2:57.44
4100m Freestyle - S52006Durban, RSA1:17.51
5200m Freestyle - S52015Glasgow, GBR2:49.06
54x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2015Glasgow, GBR2:41.08
6200m Freestyle - S52019London, GBR2:56.05
7100m Freestyle - S52019London, GBR1:19.35
850m Freestyle - S52019London, GBR36.10
8100m Freestyle - S52010Eindhoven, NED1:19.15
European Championships
450m Freestyle - S52020Funchal, POR35.79
5100m Freestyle - S52020Funchal, POR1:18.97
650m Freestyle - S52018Dublin, IRL35.78
6100m Freestyle - S52018Dublin, IRL1:21.58
8200m Freestyle - S52020Funchal, POR2:55.71
DSQ4x50m Freestyle Relay - 20 Points2018Dublin, IRLDSQ
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Chano (farodevigo.es, 03 Jun 2019)
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Sailing. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)
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Athlete
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One daughter
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Spanish
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CN Galaico [Pontevedra, ESP]
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Alejandro Brea Lopez [club], ESP
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He has played wheelchair basketball at club level in Spain. (elconfidencial.com, 15 Sep 2016)
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1999 for Spain (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018)
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He took up swimming competitively in 1995. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018, 12 Jul 2015)
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His brother-in-law Paco taught him to swim at the beach when he was around age three. He returned to swimming while in prison in Valencia, Spain, after developing paraplegia. Following his release from prison in 1994 he took up wheelchair basketball and Para swimming. (diariodealcala.es, 24 May 2021)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Mais Que Auga Facebook page, 09 Apr 2019; atlantico.net, 22 Aug 2018)
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Winning five gold medals and setting world records at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018, 12 Jul 2015)
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"Swimming is 90% mental. You are swimming and your head asks you to stop, but you have to learn to continue. Train yourself to ignore it, to know how to suffer. Your mind deceives you, it tells you that you are drowning, but you are not." (diariodealcala.es, 24 May 2021)

General Interest

Classification
S5, SB4, SM5 (IPC, 28 May 2021)

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power (abc.es, 01 Sep 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (abc.es, 01 Sep 2012)

Impairment Details
He has paraplegia after spending 432 days on hunger strike while in prison. (Athlete, 15 Aug 2018; abc.es, 01 Sep 2012; guardian.co.uk, 30 Aug 2012)

General
PARALYMPIC VETERAN
He hopes to compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, when he will be age 64. "Age is not a problem. I still swim in my best times but the new generations are better and better prepared, so they swim faster and the entry standards get harder and harder. Besides, the reorganisation of categories has not benefited me at all, as I am still an S5 but will have to compete with swimmers that were S6 or S7, and that is a big difference. I am trying to gain weight in order to be more competitive and have a chance." (Mais Que Auga Facebook page, 09 Apr 2019; atlantico.net, 22 Aug 2018)

IMPAIRMENT HISTORY
He has paraplegia after spending 432 days on hunger strike while in prison. He was given an 84-year sentence for his alleged involvement in the murder of businessman Rafael Padura in 1984. Rodriguez and the gang involved in the murder were members of GRAPO [1st October Anti-Fascist Resistance Group] who, at the time, were listed as a terrorist organisation by the European Union [EU]. He was paroled in 1994, having served 10 years in prison, under a Spanish law that prevents people from being incarcerated while seriously ill. He was officially pardoned by the Spanish government in 2015. "I am an example that mistakes can lead you to achieve things, and help others not to commit them. I don't pretend to be exemplary, I just learn from the past, live in the present and work for the future." (elconfidencial.com, 15 Sep 2016; abc.es, 01 Sep 2012; guardian.co.uk, 30 Aug 2012; diariodealcala.es, 24 May 2021)

Legend
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