SANCHEZ LARA Francisco

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 11 Aug 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: BOLANYOS DE CALATRAVA

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
Wheelchair Basketball	Men ESP Spain	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #05 ESP Spain 65 KOR Republic of Korea 53	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #09 CAN Canada 41 ESP Spain 78	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #22 ESP Spain 74 COL Colombia 56	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #28 TUR Turkey 61 ESP Spain 79	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #45 ESP Spain 79 JPN Japan 61	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #57 ESP Spain 71 GER Germany 68	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Semifinal #67 ESP Spain 52 USA United States 66	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Bronze Medal Match #72 ESP Spain 58 GBR Great Britain 68	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5	Men	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
4	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
5	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
European Championships
2	Men	2019	Walbrzych, POL
5	Men	2017	Tenerife, ESP

Fran (feddf.es, 03 Mar 2020)

Playing video games. (madrilanea.com, 06 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Administration Studies - Univerdad Laboral, Toledo, ESP

Languages spoken:

Las Rozas FDI [Madrid, ESP] since 2019

Abraham Carrion [club]; Oscar Trigo Diez [national], ESP

2009 for Spain, European Championships in Adana, Turkey (Athlete, 03 May 2016)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (feddf.es, 03 Mar 2020)

He began the sport at age 18 in Toledo, Spain. (Athlete, 03 May 2016)

He learnt about the sport at the hospital where he had the rehabilitation after his accident. (sunrisemedical.es, 15 Aug 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (madrilanea.com, 06 Feb 2020)

Winning the silver medal with Spain at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (madrilanea.com, 06 Feb 2020)

US basketball player Michael Jordan. (Athlete, 03 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"Sport is the best medicine to start again and believe in oneself." (madrilanea.com, 06 Feb 2020)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 03 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 03 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He was involved in a car accident at age 14. (encastillalamancha.es, 31 Jul 2012)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/frantoon9lara

Legend

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

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