Alfonso Cabello

Alfonso Cabello Llamas[lower-alpha 1] (born 19 September 1993) is a Spanish Paralympic cyclist. Representing Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Cabello won a gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial C4–5 at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Paralympics, taking the current world record in the latter.

Alfonso Cabello
Personal information
Full nameAlfonso Cabello Llamas
NationalitySpanish
Born (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993
La Rambla
Sport
Country Spain
SportParalympic cycling
Event(s)Men's individual C 4 5 Road Race, Men's individual C.4-5 1 km, Mixed C1 to 5 Team Sprint
ClubVipren, Cadiz
Coached bySalvador Cabeza de Vaca
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 LondonMen's 1 km time trial C4–5
Gold medal – first place 2020 TokyoMen's 1 km time trial C4–5
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de JaneiroMen's 1 km time trial C4–5
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroMixed team sprint C1–5
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Montichiari1km time trial
Bronze medal – third place2016 MontichiariMixed Team Pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowMixed team sprint C1–5

Personal

Cabello was born on 19 September 1993 in La Rambla[1] without his left hand.[2] As a child, his mother made sure that missing his hand would not get in the way of him doing things. She insisted he learn to tie his shoe laces without assistance and using his only hand.[2] Other sports he played as a child included basketball and swimming.[2] Swimming helped him develop better body balance in terms of being able to function using his stump and his right hand.[2] In physical education classes, teachers would tell him he would not need to meet the same standards as his classmates because of his disability.[2]

In 2008, he was recognised at the Andalusian Federation of Sports for the Physically Handicapped gala.[3] In 2009, he was one of fourteen athletes from Cordoba to get an Andalucía Olympic Foundation scholarship.[4] In December 2013, he attended an event marking Spanish insurance company Santa Lucía Seguros becoming a sponsor of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, and consequently Plan ADOP which funds high performance Spanish disability sport competitors. He chose to attend the event because he wanted to show support for this type of sponsorship.[5] In 2013, Cabello was awarded the gold Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.[6]

Cycling

When Cabello first learned to ride a bicycle, he used the stump on one hand to manipulate the brakes.[2] The first race he participated in was an exhibition one. From there, he quickly moved to provisional competitions.[2]

In May 2008, he participated in the Third International Criterium Cycling Disability in France.[7] Competing at the European Cup Adapted Cycling in 2008, he finished sixteenth in the LC1 in the 56.4 kilometer long race.[7] In 2011, he participated in the Spanish national disability cycling track championship, where he earned a first-place finish.[8] He competed in the 2011 World Championships.[9] At the Los Angeles hosted 2012 Paralympic Cycling World Championships, he won a bronze medal in the C5 km race with a personal best time of 1:07.876.[10][11][12] He also participated in the team sprint event.[11] He won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics games in London, United Kingdom in the Men's 1 km time trial C4-5[2][6][13] taking the C5 world record from Jon-Allan Butterworth.[14] His gold medal was the first Gold won by Spain at the 2012 Games.[15] The win came with some controversy, due to the disqualification of 4-time defending champion Jody Cundy for a false start, which Cundy maintained was due to a mechanical error of the starting gate. Cabello would win another gold in the same discipline in 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, setting a world record time of 1:01.557, marking the first time that Cundy had his time beaten in the discipline at the Paralympics.

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabello and the second or maternal family name is Llamas.

References
  1. "Alfonso Cabello". London 2012 Paralympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. aris moreno / CÓRDOBA (27 October 2013). "Alfonso Ceballos: «Las barreras están en la cabeza" (in Spanish). ABC.es. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. "Emotiva gala de la FADDF en la sede de Diputación" (in Spanish). Minuto90. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. "La FAO beca a catorce cordobeses" (in Spanish). Cordobadeporte.Com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  5. "RSC.-La aseguradora 'santalucía' renueva su compromiso con el Plan ADOP" (in Spanish). Spain: Europapress.es. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  6. "El paralímpico extremeño Enrique Floriano recibe la Medalla de la Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo" (in Spanish). Region Digital. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  7. "Xito de los ciclistas paralÍmpicos espanoles en la penÚltima prueba de la copa de europa — EcoDiario.es" (in Spanish). Ecodiario.eleconomista.es. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  8. "Finalizó el Campeonato de España de ciclismo adaptado en Palma" (in Spanish). Amigosdelciclismo.com. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  9. "Amador Granado, buscará una medalla en el Mundial de ruta de Dinamarca — Ciclismo — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  10. "Alfonso Cabello consigue el bronce y pulveriza su propia marca" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  11. "Alfonso Cabello conquista la medalla de bronce en el Mundial de Ciclismo Paralímpico en Pista — Ciclismo — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  12. "Alfonso Bello gana medalla de bronce en los Campeonatos del Mundo de ciclismo adaptado. Ciclismo" (in Spanish). Terra.es. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  13. "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  14. The 12 biggest upsets at London 2012, paralympic.org, 14 September 2012, retrieved 22 November 2013
  15. "Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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