Vicente Gil

Swimming

Biography

Classification

S5, SB4, SM5

Club / Team

CD Aquatic Campanar: Valencia, ESP

Name of coach

Sergio Bermejo [national]; Emilio Aguayo [personal]

Awards and honours

In 2011 a square in his hometown of Carpesa, Spain, was named after him in recognition of his sporting achievements. (lasprovincias.es, 03 Sep 2011)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (lasprovincias.es, 10 Jun 2019)

		Unit	Date	Rank

Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3	Heat 1	2
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3	Final Round	6
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts	Heat 1	1
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts	Final Round	1

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Final Round		6
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Heat 2		4

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts	Final Round	3
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts	Heat 1	2
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3	Final Round	2
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3	Heat 2	2

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3	Heats	4
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3	Final Round	3
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5	Heats	12

IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Heats		2
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Final Round		2

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Heat 1		1
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Final Round		2

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Final Round	2012-09-03	8
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Heat 2	2012-09-03	4

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Heat 2	2016-09-14	4
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3		Final Round	2016-09-14	8