de la PUENTE Martin

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 22 Jun 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Sport Class: WT

Place of birth: VIGO

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : BARCELONA

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Men's Singles	9
	Men's Doubles ESP Caverzaschi / de la Puente	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
3rd on Court 2	Ariake Tennis Park Court 2	Men's Doubles Quarterfinal ESP Caverzaschi / de la Puente 3 4 FRA Houdet / Peifer 6 6	Finished
2nd on Court 3	Ariake Tennis Park Court 3	Men's Singles First Round ESP de la PUENTE Mde la PUENTE Martin Sport Class: WT 6 6 ARG LEDESMA ALEDESMA Agustin Sport Class: WT 1 1	Finished
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 3	Men's Singles Second Round ESP de la PUENTE Mde la PUENTE Martin Sport Class: WT 6 6 POL JAROSZEWSKI PJAROSZEWSKI Piotr Sport Class: WT 1 1	Finished
2nd on Court 4	Ariake Tennis Park Court 4	Men's Doubles Second Round ESP Caverzaschi / de la Puente 6 6 USA Ratzlaff / Stroud 1 2	Finished
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 7	Men's Singles Third Round ESP de la PUENTE Mde la PUENTE Martin Sport Class: WT 3 0 FRA HOUDET SHOUDET Stephane Sport Class: WT 6 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
QF	Doubles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
R32	Singles	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Tin (Twitter profile, 12 Mar 2020; Athlete, 24 Jun 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Business Administration, International Business - Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, ESP

Languages spoken:

English, French, Spanish

Fernando San Martin [personal], ARG

Sporting relatives:

His brother Anton de la Puente has played tennis for California State University in Long Beach, CA, United States of America. (Twitter profile, 30 Jan 2020)

2013 for Spain, in A Corunya, Spain (Athlete, 24 Jun 2016)

He began the sport in 2011 at age 12 in Vigo, Spain. (Athlete, 24 Jun 2016)

Prior to his amputation he played tennis. Afterwards, he was introduced to wheelchair tennis by Spanish Paralympian Alvaro Illobre. "My first thought was 'no way I can sit in that chair', but then they convinced me and it all started there." (marca.com, 27 Apr 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (lavanguardia.com, 14 Sep 2019)

He trains at the Sant Cugat High Performance Centre in Barcelona, Spain. (elpais.com, 09 Feb 2020; vidasinsuperables.com, 06 Feb 2018)

Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "That was an exceptional experience. I had never felt the same emotions as when I was parading in the Maracana stadium." (marca.com, 27 Apr 2017)

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal. (lavanguardia.com, 14 Sep 2019)

Spanish wheelchair tennis player Alvaro Illobre. (lavanguardia.com, 14 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Every person is the master of their destiny. You set your own limits, and we are all capable of overcoming them. If you work hard to fulfil your dreams, you will succeed." (vidasinsuperables.com, 06 Feb 2018)

General Interest

Classification
Open (itftennis.com, 05 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 24 Jun 2016)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of a rare condition named Proteus syndrome, which is characterised by overgrowth of bones, skin and other tissues. As a result, he had his left leg amputated at the knee at age seven. (ITF Twitter profile, 12 Nov 2019; lavanguardia.com, 14 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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