| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | José Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 2 September 1980 (1980-09-02) (age 45) Cádiz, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Boccia |
José Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez[a] (born 2 September 1980)[1][2] is a Spanishboccia player, who has represented the country internationally at theParalympic Games. Vazquez won a gold medal in the2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.[3]
Rodríguez is fromCádiz.[4] He was born on 3 September 1980. He became a player fromSpain. He has a physicaldisability: He hascerebral palsy and is a BC3 type athlete skilled atboccia.[5] He competed at the2004 Summer Paralympics and the2008 Summer Paralympics in the two person game and finished second. He also competed at the2012 Summer Paralympics.[6]
Rodriguez is a member of the Adupace Jerez club.[5]
At the Lisbon-hosted World Championships in June 2010, Rodríguez was a member of the Spain national team in the BC3 team event. They finished fifth.[7]Elche, Spain hosted the Spanish Boccia Club Championship in June 2011, with Rodriguez participating in the event. He finished third in the BC3 individual event.[8][9]
Belfast inNorthern Ireland hosted Boccia World Championships in August 2011, and he participated. The event was part of the ranking process to qualify for the London Paralympic Games.[4] He made the quarterfinals but was eliminated by the eventual winner.[10][11] In January 2012, he was unable to attend a boccia training camp organized by Spain's Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports (FEDPC) and the Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF) at CRE San Andrés.[12] Club ADM and the Sociocultural Disability Association (ASCM) organized the June 2012 Spain national championships. Competing with teammateDiego Bejarano, they finished first in the BC3 pairs competition.[13] He competed at the2012 Summer Paralympics, where he lost 0–11 in the round of sixteen.[14]
In October 2013, Rodríguez was ranked Spain's fourth best competitor in his classification.[5]
