Magdalena_Amo

Magdalena Amo

Magdalena Amo

Spanish Paralympic athlete

Magdalena "Magda" Amo Rius[lower-alpha 1] (born 23 July 1973) is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F10-11 long jump events.

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Magdalena competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics where she failed to finish the 200m but finished second in the long jump behind Raisa Zhuravleva who set a new games record. She returned for the 1996 Summer Paralympics concentrating on the long jump and it paid off as Magdalena came away with the gold medal in a new Paralympic record beating compatriot Rosalia Lazaro on count back with compatriot Purificacion Ortiz completing the Spanish clean sweep of medals.[1]

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amo and the second or maternal family name is Rius.

References

  1. [1]
    "Magdalena Amo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.


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