LOPEZ CHAVEZ Isabel

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 6 Jul 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 4.5

Birth Country:

Mexico

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
Paralympic Games
8	Women	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
10	Women	2014	Toronto, ON, CAN

Isa (cope.es, 19 May 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

UCAM Murcia BSR [Spain]

Sonia Ruiz [club]; Abraham Carrion [national]

Position style:

Centre (feddf.es, 05 Jul 2021)

National league:

Primera Division [ESP] (bsr.feddf.es, 23 May 2021)

She took up the sport at age 19. (sportvalladolid.wordpress.com, 13 Dec 2016)

She originally played able-bodied football before she was introduced to Para sports by her friend. "He [football coach] told me I could not continue playing because of my legs. I was so angry. I stepped aside and some months later a friend made me discover Para sports. At that moment I opened my eyes and said farewell to football. I closed that chapter and forgot about it." (sportvalladolid.wordpress.com, 13 Dec 2016)

In 2012 she received a Sports Merit Medal from the municipality of Guadalajara, Mexico. (excelsior.com.mx, 15 Dec 2012)

General Interest

Classification
4.5 (IWBF, 16 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (guadalajara2011.org.mx, 01 Sep 2011)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (guadalajara2011.org.mx, 01 Sep 2011)

Impairment Details
She has talipes [club foot]. (guadalajara2011.org.mx, 01 Sep 2011)

General
FROM MEXICO TO SPAIN
She initially represented Mexico in wheelchair basketball. She was part of the Mexican team that reached the quarterfinals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and continued to represent the nation until 2015 when she moved to Spain. She was named to the Spanish national training squad in 2016, but she was unable to represent her new nation until she received Spanish citizenship in 2019. (elnortedecastilla.es, 23 Sep 2016; cope.es, 19 May 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Aug 2021; lavozinclusiva.org, 10 Dec 2019; sportvalladolid.wordpress.com, 13 Dec 2016)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/55isalopez/

Legend

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

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