PARALYMPICS

JUAN JOSÉ MÉNDEZ

"IF I CAN, WE ALL CAN"

Juan José Méndez Fernández

"THE ORIGIN OF A LEGEND"

His heart did not bump for 30 minutes and he lost over 50 litres of blood. He stayed in coma for 20 days and doctor thought that he was going to die. However, he survived and he just lost two limbs.

1992

Barcelona, 1964

HOW EVERYTHING STARTED

1996

The Paralympics helped him to recover but the difficulties to move made that he fatten until the 100 kilos.

His main competitors have the whole body complete. But this does not intimidate him.

Spanish Championship in the C1 Category

Main Results

WORLDCUP

PARALYMPICS

2004

2008

2008

2006 2011 2013

HIS LIFE NOWADAYS

He is dealing with a lot of projects and he is still riding his bike even though he is 57. But he is still open to new experiences.

Susana Herrera

The first golden medal for Spain in a Paralimpic Games

Adaptive alpine skiing

Who is she and where does she come from?

• Barcelona, 25 october 1963.

• Grew up as a normal child.

• At 23 a sudden drop in calcium levels led to 2 cardiac arrests.

• Loss of vision, speech, and severe brain injury resulting in hemiplegia.

• Therapy-enrolled swimming courses- contact the spanish paralimpic team

What are her main achievements?

Paralimpic Games of Innsbruck 1988 (first gold medal in the history of Spain in a Paralimpics)

Downhill B1

Giant Slalom B1

She also won a bronze medal in the same event

Her life after the Paralimpics

Mother & sister

• She retired at the age of 30 and moved to Andorra

As her dream was to help disabled people outdo their fears

• She founded the Federación Andorrana de Deportes para Minusválidos (Fadem) in 1998

• She finally died at the age of 56 in Andorra (2019)

cancer

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