ZARZUELA BELTRAN Alejandro

Spain
Wheelchair Basketball
2 Apr 1987
34
Male
3.0
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA
 
Spain
MADRID
 
Spain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WBK Wheelchair Basketball Men
ESP
Spain
 4

Schedule

Change
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

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
2Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
5Men2012London, GBR
World Championships
4Men2014Incheon, KOR
5Men2018Hamburg, GER
European Championships
2Men2019Walbrzych, POL
5Men2017Tenerife, ESP
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Alex (marca.com, 09 Dec 2019)
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Athlete
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Wife Virginia Perez Gutierrez
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English, Spanish
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CD Ilunion [Madrid, ESP]
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Miguel Vaquero [club], ESP; Oscar Trigo Diez [national], ESP
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Centre (feddf.es, 03 Mar 2020)
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His father Juan Miguel Zarzuela competed in archery at the Paralympic Games in 2004 and 2008. His twin brother Pablo has also played wheelchair basketball for Spain. His wife Virginia Perez Gutierrez has represented Spain in wheelchair basketball. (calidadpascual.com, 28 Feb 2020; marca.com, 19 Jun 2017; estoesdxt.es, 02 Feb 2012; eldiadevalladolid.com, 24 Jun 2010)
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2005 for Spain, in Wetzlar, Germany (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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Division de Honor [ESP] (cdilunion.com, 07 Mar 2020)
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He began the sport at age 12 in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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He took up sports as part of his rehabilitation, but fell in love with wheelchair basketball after watching a training session of his twin brother Pablo, who was already a player. "I loved the fact that it was both a contact sport and a team sport." (caixabank.com, 06 Jul 2017; sunrisemedical.es, 15 Aug 2016)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (calidadpascual.com, 28 Feb 2020)
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Winning the silver medal with Spain at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (tododisca.com, 16 Jun 2019)
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Canadian wheelchair basketball player Patrick Anderson. (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)
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"Thanks to wheelchair basketball I have established my foundations both as a person and as an athlete, complementing the education received from my family. Living with so many people with different impairments has made me grow a lot as a person and as an athlete. (caixabank.com, 06 Jul 2017)
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He was named in the All Star team of the 2019 European Championships in Walbrzych, Poland. (feddf.es, 08 Sep 2019)

He was named in the All Star team of the 2013 European Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. (feddf.es, 08 Sep 2019)

He was named in the All Star team of the 2012 Champions League. (estoesdxt.es, 28 Jun 2012)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power (Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (sunrisemedical.es, 15 Aug 2016; Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

Impairment Details
He was born with spina bifida. (sunrisemedical.es, 15 Aug 2016; Athlete, 02 Aug 2016)

General
CAMPUS
Along with his brother Pablo, since 2019 he runs Campus Hermanos Zarzuela, a campus designed to improve the technique of wheelchair basketball players. "It is not intended as a leisure-sports campus. It is for young boys and girls in the learning stage and who have the characteristics and potential to become elite players. Both Alex and I have always liked helping and teaching. We did not know anything similar for wheelchair basketball in Spain, and we want young people who are just starting out to have as many tools as possible to see how far they can go. We did not have such an opportunity when we were young," Pablo said. (feddf.es, 26 Dec 2019; marca.com, 09 Dec 2019)

FILM PROJECT
Along with his brother Pablo he is part of 'Capaces', a film project that shows Para athletes overcoming the problems they face both in their personal and professional lives. (reasonwhy.es, 31 Jan 2020; europapress.es, 30 Jan 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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