Paralympic Silver Medalists for Spain - Javier Otxoa, Antonio Rebollo, Ignacio Avila, Abderrahman Ait Khamouch, Eric Villalon (Paperback)

Chapters: Javier Otxoa, Antonio Rebollo, Ignacio Avila, Abderrahman Ait Khamouch, Eric Villalon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Javier Otxoa Palacios (born 30 August, 1974, Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao, Basque Country) is a Spanish cyclist, formerly of the Kelme cycling team. His name is sometimes spelled Javier Ochoa in media reports. In 2000 Otxoa won a heavy mountain stage in the Tour de France on top of the Hautacam. In February 2001 a car hit him and his twin brother Ricardo during training. Ricardo died. Javier survived but was in a coma for a month and became seriously disabled. He continued cycling, however. In the 2004 Summer Paralympics he won a gold in the road race/time trial event and a silver in the individual pursuit. Otxoa was disqualified during the preliminary round of the individual pursuit (CP 3) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, for riding too close behind his opponent, Darren Kenny, who had overtaken him. Kenny stated that he was disappointed by this as he would have liked to compete against Otxoa in the final. Otxoa currently resides in Alhaur n de la Torre, M laga. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=102268