Josefa Benítez
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Full name | Josefa Benítez Guzman | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
Born | 30 August 1969 Barcelona, Spain | (age 55)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||
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Josefa Benítez Guzman (born 30 August 1969 in Barcelona) is a cyclist from Spain.[1][2][3]
Personal
[edit]In 2013, Benítez was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.[4]
Cycling
[edit]Benítez competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She finished second in the road race.[1]
From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Disabled citizens issue "cry for help" against cuts at massive rally". El País. 3 December 2012.
Josefa Benítez, a Paralympics silver-medal winner
- ^ "Para-cycling World Cup titles decided in Spain". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 29 July 2014.
The Spanish pair of Josefa Benitez and Judit Masdeu (2:17.06) finished in third.
- ^ "El paralímpico extremeño Enrique Floriano recibe la Medalla de la Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo" (in Spanish). Region Digital. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
External links
[edit]- Josefa Benitez Guzman at the International Paralympic Committee
- Josefa Benitez Guzman at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archived) (in Spanish)
Categories:
- Spanish female cyclists
- Living people
- 1969 births
- Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Cyclists from Barcelona
- Plan ADOP alumni
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in cycling
- Paralympic cyclists for Spain
- 21st-century Spanish women
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Spanish cycling biography, 1960s birth stubs