Astrid Fina

Astrid Fina Paredes[lower-alpha 1] (born 16 October 1983 in Barcelona) is a Spanish Paralympic snowboarder. Her greatest achievement has been the silver medal of the World Cup of snowboarding.[1]

Astrid Fina
Personal information
Full nameAstrid Fina Paredes
NationalitySpanish
Born (1983-10-16) 16 October 1983
Barcelona, Spain
Sport
Country Spain
SportParalympic snowboard
Medal record
Women's para snowboarding
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangSnowboard Cross

Tragedy

Astrid Fina had her right foot amputated as a result of a motorcycle accident in May 2009. In 2011, she started practicing snowboarding. A year later, in 2012, she was already part of the Spanish national team.[1]

Recipients

In 2015, she achieved the fourth place in the World Cup, won gold in the Spanish championships, the second place in the national openings of Italy and was the winner in the French.[2]

In the 2017 World Cup he has achieved a plant medal in the four events of the category with amputation SB-LL2 (LW2) in which he participated, two of snowboardcross and two of banked slalom.[3][4]

She participated in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where she obtained an Olympic diploma with his sixth position in snowboardcross, and is one of the three Spanish representatives participating in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang.[5] She will be the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

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

References
  1. "Astrid Fina Juegos Paralímpicos Invierno". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ""El deporte te hace sonreír" — 360 Grados Press, un giro semanal a la actualidad". 360 Grados Press, un giro semanal a la actualidad. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. AS, Diario (22 February 2017). "Astrid Fina, una fuente inagotable de inspiración". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. "ASTRID FINA, 4ª EN LA COPA DEL MUNDO. SNOWBOARD ADAPTADO". SURFER RULE • Más que surf, olas gigantes y tendencias (in European Spanish). 25 November 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. "Astrid FINA PAREDES | Alpine Skiing | Spain - Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games". sochi2014.arch.articul.ru. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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