Christian Venge
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Full name | Christian Venge Balboa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 December 1972 (1972-12) (age 51) Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christian Venge Balboa (born 1 December 1972 in Barcelona) is a cyclist from Spain.[1]
Personal
He has a vision impairment.[1] In 2013, he was awarded the gold Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.[2]
Cycling
Venge competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in cycling. He was the third cyclist to finish in the blind men's Tandem Individual Pursuit track race. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in cycling. He was the second cyclist to finish in the men's blind Combined Road race. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in cycling. He was the first cyclist to finish in the Tandem Time Trial Road race. He was the second cyclists to finish in the Tandem Individual Pursuit track race. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling. He was the first cyclist to finish in the Road Trial race.[1] His pilot for the 2012 Games was David Llaurado. All told, he has earned five Paralympic medals.[3] He also represented the Spain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2009, while riding with David Llaurado as his pilot, he won a gold medal at the IPC Road Cycling World Championships.[4]
From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Los 11 de la ONCE" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Javier Otxoa y el tándem Venge-Llauradó, campeones del Mundo de Ciclismo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved 28 December 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
- Christian Venge at the International Paralympic Committee
- Christian Venge Balboa at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archived) (in Spanish)
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- Alfredo Cuadrado
- Youssef El Haddaqui
- José Giera
- José López
- Antonio Martín
- Francisco Javier Muñoz
- Marcelo Rosado
- Álvaro González (goalkeeper)
- Raúl Díaz (goalkeeper)
- José Urbano
- Verónica Pamiés
- Francisco Beltrán
- Pedro Cordero
- José Dueso
- Manuel Martín
- Sandra Peña
- José Prado
- José Rodríguez
- Ruth Aguilar
- Elena Congost
- Sara Martínez
- Eva Ngui
- Abderrahman Ait Khamouch
- Lorenzo Albaladejo
- Antonio Andújar
- Abel Ávila
- Ignacio Ávila
- Joan Borrisser (guide)
- Rafael Botello
- David Casinos
- Ricardo de Pedraza
- Gerard Descarrega
- José Expósito
- Celia Maestre (guide)
- José González
- Enric Martín (guide)
- José Martínez
- Joan Munar
- Gustavo Nieves
- José Pámpano
- Martín Parejo
- Xavier Porras
- Roger Puigbò
- Maximiliano Rodríguez
- Oriol Sellarès (guide)
- Alberto Suárez
- Raquel Acinas
- Josefa Benítez
- Mayalen Noriega (pilot)
- Roberto Alcaide
- Alfonso Cabello
- Miguel Ángel Clemente
- Maurice Eckhard
- Juan Emilio Gutiérrez
- David Llauradó (pilot)
- Juan José Méndez
- Diego Javier Muñoz (pilot)
- César Neira
- Aitor Oroza Flores
- José Enrique Porto
- Christian Venge
- José Antonio Villanueva
- Amaya Alonso
- Michelle Alonso
- Carla Casals
- Julia Castelló
- Begoña Curero
- Deborah Font
- Sarai Gascón
- Marta Gómez
- Isabel Hernández
- Lorena Homar
- Esther Morales
- Teresa Perales
- Jaime Bailón
- José Cantero
- Pablo Cimadevila
- Jesús Collado
- Javier Crespo
- Enhamed Enhamed
- Enrique Floriano
- Omar Font
- Albert Gelis
- Vicente Gil
- Sandra Gómez
- Jordi Gordillo
- Javier Hernández
- David Levecq
- Miguel Luque
- José Antonio Mari
- Israel Oliver
- Richard Oribe
- Miguel Ángel Martínez
- Edgar Quirós
- Sebastián Rodríguez
- Ander Romarate
- Alejandro Sánchez
- Ricardo Ten
- Xavier Torres
- Jorge Cardona
- Jordi Morales
- Tomas Piñas
- Miguel Rodríguez
- Jose Manuel Ruiz
- Álvaro Valera
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