Maximiliano Rodriguez

Maxi (Twitter profile, 26 May 2014)

Football. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Finishing fourth at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, and winning a gold medal at the 2007 World Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

He suffered from a muscle tear in his right arm in May 2016. (Facebook profile, 11 May 2016)

In 2013 he was affected by a hernia. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

Since 2009 he has been affected by arthritis, which began in his knees and later affected a number of other parts of his body. This limits his training sessions and causes him pain. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

In 2008 he suffered from a torn hamstring. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

In 2007 he was named the Athlete of the Year and Para-athlete of the Year in Lugo, Spain. (lavozdegalicia.es, 30 Oct 2007)

His blindness is a hereditary illness, that was first detected at age four. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

YEAR OFF
In 2014 he took a year off from competition, in part to recover from his injuries and also to rest from many years competing at elite level. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)

FROM ARGENTINA TO SPAIN
In 2002 an economic crisis in Argentina affected his family, so his father decided to emigrate. They chose Spain because his grandparents were from Lugo, and the following year at age 14 he moved with his family to Spain. (Athlete, 15 Dec 2015)