Juan Diego Gil

Swimming

Biography

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

When and where did you begin this sport?

He learnt to swim in 1984 but did not begin competing in the sport until 1988.

Year

1991

Competing for

Spain

Tournament

European Championships

Memorable sporting achievement

Winning a silver medal at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona. (swimind.blogspot.com, 03 Mar 2009)

		Unit	Date	Rank

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12		Final Round		6
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12		Heat 2		3

IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final Round	3
Men's 100 m Butterfly S12	Final Round	5
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	4
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heats	4
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 49 pts	Final Round	2
Men's 5,000 m Open Water	Final Round	13

Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney, Australia)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 200 m Medley SM12	Final Round	5
Men's 200 m Medley SM12	Heat 1	3
Men's 100 m Butterfly S12	Heat 2	5
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	4
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 1	2
Men's 100 m Backstroke S12	Final Round	6
Men's 100 m Backstroke S12	Heat 1	3
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	8
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S12	Heat 4	8
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heat 2	7

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Freestyle S12	Heats	9
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Heats	4
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	4
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 49 pts	Final Round	3
Men's 5,000 m Open Water	Final Round	10
Men's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heats	12

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 49 pts	Final Round	4
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heat 1	4
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 2	5

IPC Swimming World Championships Malta 1994 (Malta, Malta)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley B2-3	Final Round	5
Men's 200 m Individual Medley B2-3	Heats	5
Men's 100 m Butterfly B1-2	Final Round	2
Men's 100 m Butterfly B1-2	Heats	3
Men's 100 m Backstroke B1-3	Final Round	5
Men's 400 m Freestyle B1-3	Final Round	2
Men's 400 m Freestyle B1-3	Heats	2

Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games (Barcelona, Spain)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 200 m Backstroke B2	Final Round	2
Men's 200 m Backstroke B2	Heat 1	2
Men's 100 m Backstroke B2	Final Round	4
Men's 100 m Backstroke B2	Heat 2	1

Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games (Atlanta, United States of America)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Freestyle B2	Heats	7
Men's 100 m Freestyle B2	Final Round	7
Men's 200 m Medley B2	Final Round	9999
Men's 100 m Butterfly B2	Final Round	6
Men's 100 m Butterfly B2	Heats	6
Men's 100 m Backstroke B2	Final Round	4
Men's 400 m Freestyle B2	Final Round	4
Men's 400 m Freestyle B2	Heats	4