Roger Puigbo Verdaguer

Spain

Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Spinal Cord Injuries

Origin of Impairment

Acquired

Classification

T53

Further personal information

Family

Partner Agnes Molins Joaquin

Residence

Sant Julià de Vilatorta, ESP

Occupation

Athlete

Languages

Catalan, Spanish

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He took up para-athletics in 1993 in Granollers, Barcelona.

Why this sport?

He had the opportunity to try a racing wheelchair and he loved the sensation.

Club / Team

Club Atletic Vic : Barcelona, ESP

Name of coach

Isabel Hurtado

General interest

Hero / Idol

Swiss para-athlete Heinz Frei. (esportindependencia.cat, 29 Oct 2014)

Injuries

A urinary tract infection severely limited his performance at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, and he was eliminated in the first round. (esportindependencia.cat, 29 Oct 2014)

Impairment

He had a bicycle accident in 1992, at age 14. (Laura Alberch, 07 Apr 2013)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Athletics World Championships Birmingham 1998 (Birmingham, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 800 m T54	Heat 1	8
Men's 5000 m T55	Heat 1	11
Men's 10000 m T55	Heat 2	11
Men's Marathon T55	Final Round	48

IPC Athletics World Championships Assen 2006 (Assen, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 5000 m T54	Heat 4	4
Men's 5000 m T54	Heat 1	4
Men's Marathon T54	Final Round	6
Men's 800 m T53	Final Round	6
Men's 800 m T53	Heat 1	3
Men's 400 m T53	Heat 1	4

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 800 m T53	Heat 1	2
Men's 800 m T53	Final Round	5
Men's 5000 m T54	Heat 1	5
Men's 5000 m T54	Final Round	9
Men's Marathon T54	Final Round	9

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 400 m T53	Heat 1	5
Men's 800 m T53	Heat 1	3
Men's 800 m T53	Final Round	5
Men's Marathon T54	Final Round	21

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 800 m T53	Final	2011-01-23	2
Men's 5000 m T53/54	Heat 3	2011-01-24	3
Men's 5000 m T53/54	Final	2011-01-27	5
Men's Marathon T53/54	Final	2011-01-30	5

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 5000 m T54	Heat 1	2012-08-31	6
Men's 400 m T53	Heat 3	2012-09-02	5
Men's 800 m T53	Heat 2	2012-09-04	5
Men's Marathon T54	Final Round	2012-09-09	9999

IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 400 m T53	Semifinal 3	2013-07-21	8
Men's 400 m T53	Final 1	2013-07-21	7
Men's 800 m T53	Semifinal 1	2013-07-22	9
Men's 5000 m T54	Semifinal 2	2013-07-23	7
Men's 5000 m T54	Final 1	2013-07-24	6
Men's 1500 m T54	Semifinal 1	2013-07-25	8
Men's 1500 m T54	Final 1	2013-07-26	8
Men's Marathon T54	Final 1	2013-07-28	9999