DIALLO DIOUF Amadou

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 4 Jan 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 3.0

Place of birth: LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA

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

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Political Science

Languages spoken:

English, French, Spanish

CD Ilunion [Madrid, ESP] since 2017

Miguel Vaquero [club], ESP; Oscar Trigo Diez [national], ESP

Position style:

Centre (cdilunion.com, 07 Mar 2020)

2015 for Spain, European Championships in Worcester, Great Britain (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016; feddf.es, 26 Aug 2015)

National league:

Division de Honor [ESP] (baloncestoecony.com, 07 Mar 2020)

He began the sport in at age 16 in Gran Canaria, Spain. (marca.com, 26 May 2019; Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

His father insisted on him doing sports. "He gave me two options; either swimming or basketball, and I have a fear of water." (marca.com, 26 May 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (marca.com, 26 May 2019)

Philosophy:

"Work hard, play hard." (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

General Interest

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

Impairment Details
He has a neurological condition called transverse myelitis, which causes inflammation of the spinal cord. "At age four, I had a bad injection in my marrow and it affected the mobility of my legs; I have weakness from the calves down." (marca.com, 26 May 2019; marca.com, 29 Aug 2015)

Legend

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

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