RUIZ JORDAN Jordi

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 2 Dec 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 2.5

Place of birth: TERRASSA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : ITALY

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
World Championships
4	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
5	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
European Championships
2	Men	2019	Walbrzych, POL
5	Men	2017	Tenerife, ESP

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Catalan, English, Italian, Spanish

Santo Stefano Avis [Potenza Picena, ITA] since 2018

Roberto Ceriscioli [club], ITA; Oscar Trigo Diez [national], ESP

Position style:

Guard (sstefanosport.it, 15 Feb 2020)

2013 for Spain, European Championships in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

National league:

Serie A1 [ITA] (sstefanosport.it, 15 Feb 2020)

He began the sport at age 17 in Barcelona, Spain. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

"The FC Barcelona wheelchair basketball team used to practise in the hospital I was recovering in." (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

US basketball player Larry Bird, Argentinian football player and coach Diego Simeone. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"No matter what happens go to the gym and try to get better every day." (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

He was named in the All Star team of the final four at the 2017 Champions Cup. (piratasdelbasket.net, 07 May 2017)

He was named in the All Star team of the 2015 European Championships in Worcester, England. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

Impairment Details
A motorbike accident at age 16 resulted in paraplegia. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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