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Alfonso Fidalgo

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Alfonso Fidalgo
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaDiscus Throw - B1
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaShot Put - B1
Gold medal – first place1996 AtlantaDiscus Throw - F10
Gold medal – first place1996 AtlantaShot Put - F10
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyDiscus Throw - F11
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyShot Put - F11

Alfonso Fidalgo López[a] (born 11 June 1969)[1] is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F11 shot and discus events.

Biography

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Alfonso competed in three Paralympics, his first being in 1992 in his home country. There he competed in the B1 discus and shot winning gold in both. He repeated this performance in Atlanta in 1996 where he also competed in the pentathlon but finished outside the medals. The 2000 Summer Paralympics gave Alfonso his third consecutive gold medal in the discus but he was beaten in to silver by compatriot David Casinos [2]

Notes

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  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fidalgo and the second or maternal family name is López.

References

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  1. ↑ "Alfonso Fidalgo Lopez – 2000 Sydney Paralympics profile". Paralimpicos.es (in Spanish). Comité Paralímpico Español.
  2. ↑ "Alfonso Fidalgo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
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