MONTIEL CORTIJO Almudena

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 7 May 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2.0

Place of birth: MALAGA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : ALBACETE

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

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
7	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER
European Championships
5	Women	2017	Tenerife, ESP

Occupation:

Partner Kyle Marsh, son Nico [2019]

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

BSR Amiab Albacete [Spain]

Jesus Torres [club], ESP; Abraham Carrion [national], ESP

Position style:

Forward (feddf.es, 26 Feb 2020)

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Kyle Marsh won bronze with Great Britain in wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk, 15 Dec 2019)

2009 for Spain, European Championships in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain (dxtadaptado.com, 13 Feb 2012)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (feddf.es, 26 Feb 2020)

She took up the sport at age 16 in Toledo, Spain. (dxtadaptado.com, 13 Feb 2012)

She learnt about the sport during her rehabilitation at the National Hospital of Paraplegics in Toledo, Spain. (dxtadaptado.com, 13 Feb 2012)

Along with national teammates Lourdes Ortega and Genoveva Tapia, she was named 2018 Female Para Athlete of the Year in Andalusia, Spain. (cadenaser.com, 03 May 2019)

General Interest

Classification
2.0 (feddf.es, 26 Feb 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (dxtadaptado.com, 13 Feb 2012)

Impairment Details
A traffic accident at age 16 resulted in paraplegia. (dxtadaptado.com, 13 Feb 2012)

General
MATERNITY LEAVE
After giving birth to her son Nico she did not play the first half of the 2019/20 season, returning to competition in February 2020. (5maseldescuento.es, 22 Feb 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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