RUIZ LOPEZ Jairo

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	PT4	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:03:14
World Championships
2	PTS5	2017	Rotterdam, NED	1:03:21
3	PT4	2016	Rotterdam, NED	1:03:58
4	PTS5	2019	Lausanne, SUI	1:04:03
4	PTS5	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	59:42
4	PT4	2015	Chicago, IL, USA	1:01:39
4	PT4	2014	Edmonton, AB, CAN	1:04:51
6	Men's TRI-4	2013	London, GBR	1:10:23
7	Men's TRI-4	2012	Auckland, NZL	1:00:13
European Championships
2	PTS5	2019	Valencia, ESP	1:01:30
2	PTS5	2018	Tartu, EST	1:00:06
2	PTS5	2017	Kitzbuhel, AUT	1:03:48

Jabali [wild boar]. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Cars, motorbikes, going to concerts. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Physical Education - Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Partner Miriam

English, Spanish

Ecosport Alcobendas [Madrid, ESP]

Benito de Torres

He has represented Spain in Para duathlon and won gold in the PT4 category at the 2016 World Championships in Aviles, Spain. (jairoruiztriatlon.com, 31 Dec 2016; triathlon.org, 04 Jun 2016)

2012 for Spain, in Madrid, Spain (Athlete, 15 Jan 2015)

In October 2016 he suffered a knee injury while training. He returned to competition in May 2017 at the Yokohama World Series event in Japan, but had to retire from the race as the injury flared up again. He next competed the following month at the 2017 European Championships in Kitzbuhel, Austria, where he completed the race and won silver. (triathlon.org, 30 Jun 2017; planetatriatlon.com, 27 Jun 2017)

In the early part of 2015 he broke two ribs and was unable to compete for six weeks. He returned to competition in May 2015. (marca.com, 25 Nov 2015; Facebook page, 13 May 2015)

Initially a swimmer, he began triathlon training in 2011 in Almeria, Spain. He took up the sport professionally in 2015. (planetatriatlon.comv, 27 Jun 2017; Athlete, 15 Jan 2015)

He first started swimming at the Club Natacion de Almeria in Spain. However, he was not completely satisfied participating in the sport and wanted to try something new, so he signed up for a triathlon competition. He enjoyed it and realised it was the sport he wanted to pursue. (jairoruiztriatlon.com, 08 Dec 2014)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

He trains at the High Performance Centre in Madrid, Spain. He swims 24 kilometres, cycles 380 kilometres, and runs 45 kilometres a week. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Winning bronze in PT4 category at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Spanish triathlete Javier Gomez. (Athlete, 15 Jan 2015)

His father. (Athlete, 15 Jan 2015)

Shortly before competing he makes sure he is alone and spends time imagining how the race will happen. (dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021; Athlete, 15 Jan 2015)

"Life does not offer easy battles." (dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

A sports centre in Almeria, Spain is named after him. (centrosupera.com, 15 Jul 2021; Interalmeria TV YouTube channel, 12 Jun 2018)

He was named the 2010 Sportsman of the Year by the Association of Federations of People with an Impairment in Almeria, Spain. (ideal.es, 09 Nov 2010)