RUIZ ESCRIBANO Sonia

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 6 May 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 2.5

Place of birth: MURCIA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : MURCIA

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
4	Women	2019	Rotterdam, NED
5	Women	2017	Tenerife, ESP

Going to the mountain, kayaking, water sports. (laverdad.es, 25 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

UCAM Murcia BSR [Spain] since 2016

Abraham Carrion [national], ESP

Position style:

Guard (dxtadaptado.com, 27 Jun 2019)

2003 for Spain, European Championships in Hamburg, Germany (elespanol.com, 29 Jun 2019)

National league:

Primera Division [ESP] (UCAM Murcia BSR YouTube channel, 01 Mar 2020)

She learnt about the sport during her rehabilitation at the National Hospital of Paraplegics in Toledo, Spain. (otroperiodismo.com, 14 Jun 2017)

The sport helped her overcome her accident and feel free. (elespanol.com, 29 Jun 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (marca.com, 30 Jun 2019)

Qualifying for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (elespanol.com, 29 Jun 2019)

Philosophy:

"Only the strong will survive." (Facebook profile, 30 Mar 2020)

She was named in the All Star team of the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. (laverdad.es, 25 Sep 2019)

General Interest

Classification
2.5 (feddf.es, 26 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (otroperiodismo.com, 14 Jun 2017)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (otroperiodismo.com, 14 Jun 2017)

Impairment Details
She acquired a spinal cord injury after being involved in a traffic accident at age 17. (otroperiodismo.com, 14 Jun 2017)

General
CLUB FOUNDER
In 2016 she founded the Murcia BSR club to promote wheelchair basketball in her city. She is both the coach and a player. "Since 2017 I play less during the games to be able to focus more on the coaching side. It is a bit crazy [to do both things], but basketball is my passion, my life, what brought me back the smile and what keeps me smiling every day." (marca.com, 30 Jun 2019; eldiario.es, 15 May 2019; elespanol.com, 29 Jun 2019; otroperiodismo.com, 14 Jun 2017

POLITICIAN
She is a member of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, Spain, after winning a seat in the 2019 elections. "I want to talk about sports, health, disability and women in politics and contribute with what I know about this. I have never been a politician, but I can contribute with the way an ordinary citizen sees things. I want disability to stop being a cross-cutting issue within politics." (elespanol.com, 29 Jun 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/sonia.r.escribano

Legend

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

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