Abel Ávila

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| name = Abel Ávila

| image = Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T13.jpg

| caption = Abel Ávila (number 2) in the men's 1500 metres T13 final at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

| full_name = Abel Ávila Rodríguez

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|15 March 1977}}

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| sport = Track and field

| disability_class = T12

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Abel Ávila Rodríguez{{family name footnote|lang=Spanish|Ávila|Rodríguez}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sanitas-paralimpiadas.es/Abel-Avila-Rodriguez.html |title=Paralimpiadas – Deportista: Abel Ávila Rodríguez |access-date=2020-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905225922/http://www.sanitas-paralimpiadas.es/Abel-Avila-Rodriguez.html |archive-date=2012-09-05 |url-status=live }} (born 15 March 1977){{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/120920115037612_ATHLETICSRESULTSBOOKV1_Neutral.pdf |title=London 2012 Paralympic Games - Official results book: Athletics |website=Paralympic.org |date=9 September 2012 |access-date=28 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923020643/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/120920115037612_ATHLETICSRESULTSBOOKV1_Neutral.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2016 |url-status=live }} is a Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 middle-distance events.

Athletics

Competing at the Greece hosted 2005 European Championships, he won a medal. He medaled at the 2006 World Championships. Competing at the 2009 IBSA European Championships, he won a medal. Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.{{cite web |url=http://www.larioja.com/videos/tvr/actualidad-riojana/1776954312001-atletas-paralimpicos-discapacidad-visual-entrenan-logrono.html |title=Atletas paralímpicos con discapacidad visual se entrenan en Logroño – Canal de Vídeos de |publisher=Larioja.com |access-date=December 25, 2013 |language=es |location=Spain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226211658/http://www.larioja.com/videos/tvr/actualidad-riojana/1776954312001-atletas-paralimpicos-discapacidad-visual-entrenan-logrono.html |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |url-status=live}} From the Catalan region of Spain,{{cite web |url=http://www.once.es/new/sala-de-prensa/historico-de-notas-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa-2012/ndp-agosto-2012/atletas-ciegos-preparan-en-logrono-su |title=Atletas ciegos preparan en Logroño su participación en Londres 2012 — Web de la ONCE |publisher=Once.es |date=2008-09-16 |access-date=2013-11-23 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234014/http://www.once.es/new/sala-de-prensa/historico-de-notas-de-prensa/notas-de-prensa-2012/ndp-agosto-2012/atletas-ciegos-preparan-en-logrono-su |archive-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=live}} he was a recipient a Plan ADO scholarship.{{cite web |url=http://www.observatoridelesport.cat/indicador.asp?subdim=3&id_ind=292&lng=esp |title=Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC |publisher=Observatoridelesport.cat |access-date=November 22, 2013 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000531/http://www.observatoridelesport.cat/indicador.asp?subdim=3&id_ind=292&lng=esp |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}

= Paralympics =

Abel has competed in three summer Paralympics, his first in 2000 proving to be his most successful winning a silver in his only event the 800m. In the two following games he competed in 800m and 1500m and in 2004 the 5000m all without any medal success.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&Medal=all&npc=all&name=Avila&fname=Abel&gender=all profile on paralympic.org]

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{{IPC|abel-avila|Abel Avila}}
{{CPE|new_id=602ba0701b33d30b668f6b43|name=Abel Avila Rodriguez|old_id=avila-rodriguez-abel}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721232525/http://www.runscore.net/abel-avila-record-del-mundo-de-10-000-metros/ Abel Ávila récord del mundo de 10.000 metros at RunScore.net]

Category:1977 births

Category:Living people

Category:Spanish male middle-distance runners

Category:Spanish disabled athletes

Category:Paralympic athletes for Spain

Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Spain

Category:Paralympic athletes (track and field) with a vision impairment

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Category:Plan ADOP alumni

Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Visually impaired middle-distance runners

Category:Paralympic middle-distance runners

Category:Spanish blind people