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Marta Francés Gómez
Example of improvement, optimism and sympathy.
Marta is the best paratriathlete in Spain and an example of improvement and optimism. At the age of 16 she had to face a brain tumor that left her physically disabled. Her spirit of self-improvement and love for her sport led her to paratriathlon, where she has been twice European champion and twice world runner-up.
Knowing a little about Marta Francés Gómez
Marta Francés Gómez is a Paralympic triathlete for the Spanish team in the PTS4 category. Right now, her entire life is focused on a sporting challenge: the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. At the Paris Olympics she aspires to climb to the top of the podium to win an Olympic gold for Spain. She could not attend the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (which were held in 2021 due to the pandemic) due to an unexpected injury a few months before the Paralympic event. Since then she has not stopped thinking and dreaming about getting even in Paris 2024.
Personal sporting achievements…
Two European champions and two world runners-up in paratriathlon stand out in her track record. The European Triathlon Union awarded her as the best paratriathlete in Europe in 2023.
What you may not know about Marta is…
Marta is an example of improvement, optimism and sympathy. At 16, she had to undergo emergency surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in her cerebellum; The operation did not give the desired result and she had to undergo surgery again for a second intervention that successfully eliminated the tumor but also left her with significant physical consequences.
He lost mobility on the left side of his body and this caused a severe loss of balance and coordination. At the age of 16, in his first year of high school, he had to relearn how to walk, how to write, how to read... Despite all the difficulties that came his way, he finished high school and was determined to pass the physical tests to access college. of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. He achieved it after a year of intense physical preparation and obtained the university education that he always dreamed of. Now, in addition, he has a master's degree in sports biomechanics. Sports have always been his refuge and what has given him strength to face any challenge. By playing sports he overcame the difficult experience of bullying in his teenage years; and by playing sports he left behind the bad memory of the tumor that temporarily paralyzed his life and left him with a physical disability forever.
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