RUIZ RUIZ Maria

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 21 Dec 1964

Age: 56

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2.0

Place of birth: REINOSA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : BURGOS

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women ESP Spain	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #13 USA United States 68 ESP Spain 34	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #21 ESP Spain 29 CHN China 46	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #27 ALG Algeria 8 ESP Spain 80	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #38 ESP Spain 24 NED Netherlands 63	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #52 GER Germany 57 ESP Spain 33	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Classification Playoff 7/8 #62 ESP Spain 43 GBR Great Britain 62	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Mowing the lawn, doing house work. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Languages spoken:

Servigest Burgos [Spain]

Rodrigo Escudero [club], ESP; Abraham Carrion [national], ESP

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (bsr.feddf.es, 22 May 2021)

She took up the sport at age 25 at the Recovery Centre for People with Impairments [CRMF] in Salamanca, Spain. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

"I always liked playing with anything that had wheels or could slide. So when I heard about wheelchair basketball I wanted to try it, and I loved it." (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

To achieve a top-five finish at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (deporteadaptadocyl.org, 01 Jul 2021)

Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
2.0 (IWBF, 16 Aug 2021)

General
OCCUPATION
She works as a janitor at a primary school in Burgos, Spain. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

EDUCATION
She studied applied arts and artistic work, with a specialisation in jewellery. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

Legend

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

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