GARCIA SERRANO Jose Luis

Spain

Triathlon

Date of Birth: 27 May 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Sport Class: PTVI1

Place of birth: MADRID

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : MADRID

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Triathlon	Men's PTVI	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Odaiba Marine Park	Men's PTVI	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
4	PTVI	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:01:44
5	PTVI	2019	Lausanne, SUI	1:07:43
European Championships
1	PTVI	2019	Valencia, ESP	1:02:22
5	PTVI	2017	Kitzbuhel, AUT	1:09:00
DNF	PTVI	2018	Tartu, EST	DNF

Nickname:

Jota (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker, Physiotherapist

Education:

Optometry - European University of Madrid, Spain

Family:

Wife Gloria, son Roque [2021]

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Coach:

Ignacio Jimenez [personal], ESP

Injuries:

An Achilles tendon injury prevented him from competing at the 2021 World Series event in Leeds, England. (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021; Instagram profile, 06 Jun 2021)

Start:

He took up the sport in 2013 at Buitrago del Lozoya, Spain. (patrocinaundeportista.com, 25 Aug 2020; marca.com, 29 Jun 2020)

Reason:

"Sports had always been part of my life. I coached a futsal team, played paddle tennis, did fun runs and played football. Then, when I lost my sight, I knew there were many ways to do sports without being able to see but, in 2011, I went to the triathlon in my town Buitrago de Lozoya and I then knew that was my sport." Two years later, he competed in his first triathlon. (marca.com, 29 Jun 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (patrocinaundeportista.com, 25 Aug 2020)

Memorable:

Competing in his first triathlon, in 2013, at Buitrago de Lozoya, Spain, and winning gold in the PTVI category at the 2019 European Championships in Valencia, Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Aug 2021; tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Hero:

Spanish triathlete Javier Gomez Noya. (dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

Influence:

Coach Ignacio Jimenez. (Facebook profile, 24 Oct 2017)

Philosophy:

"It has not been an easy road. I have had to row against the current. The key to my evolution is that I have not skipped any step to get this far. There are no shortcuts or magic wands that will make you rise suddenly, just work, complete stages and enjoy every day." (tokio2020.dxtadaptado.com, 25 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Classification
PTVI (triathlon.org, 25 Jun 2021)

Impairment Details
He lost his sight at age 28 due to uveitis, a condition that causes inflammation to the middle layer of the eye. (patrocinaundeportista.com, 25 Aug 2020)

Guide
Pedro Andujar (Instagram profile, 10 Aug 2021; triatlon.org, 01 Jul 2021)

General
OCCUPATION
He has worked as a motivational speaker, giving talks to businesses in different parts of the world. He is also a freelance physiotherapist. (LinkedIn profile, 15 Jun 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He studied for a degree in physiotherapy from 2013 to 2017 at the Spanish National Organisation of the Blind [ONCE] University School of Physiotherapy in Spain. (LinkedIn profile, 15 Jun 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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