MARTINEZ FERNANDEZ Carlos

Date of Birth: 13 May 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S8,SB8,SM8

Place of birth: MADRID

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : POZUELO

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB8
	Men's 100m Butterfly - S8
	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM8
	Men's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points ESP Spain	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM8 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - S8 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
5	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2019	London, GBR	2:31.08
5	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2017	Mexico City, MEX	2:40.85
6	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:16.52
7	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2019	London, GBR	1:16.34
8	100m Butterfly - S8	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:11.27
10	100m Butterfly - S8	2019	London, GBR	1:09.71
European Championships
2	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2020	Funchal, POR	2:30.16
3	200m Individual Medley - SM8	2018	Dublin, IRL	2:33.76
5	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:16.02
5	100m Butterfly - S8	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:08.87
6	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2020	Funchal, POR	1:16.22
8	100m Freestyle - S8	2020	Funchal, POR	1:04.52
9	100m Butterfly - S8	2020	Funchal, POR	1:09.40

Travelling, spending time with friends. (blog.wellrespect.es, 25 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

CN Pozuelo [Madrid, ESP]

Carlos Salvador [club]; Dario Carreras [club], ESP; Francisco Ocete [national, personal], ESP

2016 for Spain, in Portugal (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

He was sidelined following the September 2019 World Championships in London, England, due to illness. He returned to competition in December 2019. (dxtadaptado.com, 15 Dec 2019)

He took up the sport in 2004 in Pozuelo, Spain, through the city council's Adapted Aquatic Activity Service. (blog.wellrespect.es, 25 Jun 2021; Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

Doctors encouraged him to start swimming following his accident. "Swimming really wasn't my favourite sport, and I started as part of my post-accident rehab. That was an opportunity to learn about competitive swimming and I joined the club in Pozuelo. When I started to stand out, I found that I loved winning and that I excelled at swimming, which definitely hooked me." (blog.wellrespect.es, 25 Jun 2021; Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

To compete in the final at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (blog.wellrespect.es, 25 Jun 2021; pozueloin.es, 16 Dec 2019)

He trains at the High Performance Centre [CAR] in Madrid, Spain. "We train from Monday to Saturday, doing one or two swimming sessions of about two hours every day, in addition to a little over an hour that we dedicate to working out in the gym." (blog.wellrespect.es, 25 Jun 2021; pozueloin.es, 16 Dec 2019)

Finishing fifth in the SM8 200m individual medley at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Coach Dario Carreras. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Philosophy:

"Over time I have learned that the key to preparation is in the rest of the hours you are not training. We have to eat well, rest, sleep properly, do psychological work, in my case meditation, work with physiotherapists, and enjoy my colleagues and my team." (blog.wellrespect.es, 25 Jun 2021)

In 2019 he was named Best Male Athlete in Pozuelo, Spain. He was also named Sports Promise of the Year in Pozuelo in 2016, and Best Para Athlete in 2015. (pozueloin.es, 16 Dec 2019; pozuelodealarcon.org, 30 Apr 2016; pozuelodealarcon.org, 29 Jul 2015)

In 2018 he was named Most Promising Para Athlete in Madrid, Spain. (pozueloin.es, 16 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
S8, SB8, SM8 (IPC, 28 May 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018, 03 Dec 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

Impairment Details
At age four he was involved in a traffic accident, which resulted in the amputation of his right arm above the elbow. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018, 03 Dec 2017)

General
STUDY BREAK
He decided to take a break from his studies for the 2019/20 season to focus on preparing for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Lavozinclusiva YouTube channel, 06 Sep 2019)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/carlitos_ez

Legend

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

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