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José Antonio Expósito

Personal information
Full name	José Antonio Expósito Piñero
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1978-05-02) 2 May 1978 (age 46) Águilas, Murcia, Spain
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Track and field (T20)
Medal record Men's para athletics Representing  Spain Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m - T20 2000 Sydney Long jump - T20 2012 London Long jump - T20

José Antonio Expósito Piñero (born 2 May 1978 in Águilas, Murcia) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain.

Personal

Expósito was born in 1978. He has an intellectual disability. In 2013, he was awarded the gold Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo. In November 2013, he attended the Gala Sports Columbine, which was held in the Auditorium and Congress Palace Infanta Doña Elena, and where he received a standing ovation.

Athletics

Antonio competes in T20 (track) and F20 (field) events. He has held the T20 Long Jump world record since 2005. He competed at the 2008 INAS World Indoor Athletics Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia, earning gold in the 60 meters and long jump, and picking up a bronze in the 4x400 meter event. He won the 2010 European championships in the 100 meters and long jump events.

Expósito competed in 2010 INAS European Athletics Championship and picked up a pair of gold medals in the long jump and 100 meter events. He qualified for and competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where he was one of thirty-two competitors representing Spain. He competed in the 2011 INAS World Games, winning a silver medal in the 4x100 meter relay alongside Francisco Santiago, Alberto Palomo and Dionibel Rodríguez Rodríguez.

Expósito has won the Spanish national championships in his classification. He competed in the 2012 Spanish national championships held in San Javier. In 2012, he was a recipient of a Plan ADOP €23,000 athlete scholarship with a €3,000 reserve and a €2,500 coaching scholarship. He competed in the 2013 World Athletics Championships for people with intellectual disabilities hosted by the Czech Republic. He picked up a gold medal at the event in the long jump. He injured himself after his final jump. In July 2013, he participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Paralympics

Expósito was part of the Spanish team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He competed in the javelin and shot put but it was in the 100m and long jump where he won gold medals. Following a cheating scandal at the Sydney games, events for athletes with intellectual disability were excluded from the Paralympic program. They were reinstated at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where, as in 2000, Jose Antonio won a gold medal in the T20 Long Jump event.

References

1. "Paralimpiadas - Deportista: José Antonio Expósito Piñero". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
2. ^ "IPC Athletics World Records". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
3. ^ "SAN JAVIER / Cien deportistas discapacitados compiten en el Campeonato de España de Atletismo Adaptado que se celebra este fin de semana en San Javier" (in Spanish). murcia.com. March 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
4. ^ "Águilas se rinde a Expósito - La Opinión de Murcia" (in Spanish). Laopiniondemurcia.es. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
5. "El paralímpico extremeño Enrique Floriano recibe la Medalla de la Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo" (in Spanish). Region Digital. October 29, 2013. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
6. "España finaliza cuarta en el Mundial de Atletismo para Discapacitados Intelectuales" (in Spanish). Spain: el mundo. March 19, 2008. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
7. ^ "Los medallistas paralímpicos españoles en Pekín lideran a la selección" (in Spanish). Spain: Marca. January 21, 2011. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
8. "España regresa con 4 oros, una plata y un bronce del Europeo de Atletismo INAS-FID de Croacia" (in Spanish). Spain: Esto es DxT. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
9. "Solidaridad Digital — España consigue seis medallas en los Global Games para personas con discapacidad intelectual" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridaddigital.es. October 4, 2011. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
10. "Becas A Entrenadores Del Plan Adop 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
11. "Dionibel Rodríguez se cuelga dos oros; Expósito, otro" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. June 18, 2013. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
12. "Dionibel Rodríguez se cuelga dos oros en el Mundial para discapacitados intelectuales" (in Spanish). Spain: lainformacion.com. June 17, 2013. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
13. "Dionibel Rodríguez se cuelga dos oros en el Mundial para discapacitados intelectuales" (in Spanish). Europapress.es. June 17, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
14. "Antonio Andújar y José Martínez Morote competirán en Francia en el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico | El Pueblo de Albacete diario digital" (in Spanish). Spain: Elpueblodealbacete.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
15. "José Antonio Expósito". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
16. "How the Paralympics is welcoming back intellectually impaired athletes 12 years after cheating scandal". TIME magazine. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
17. "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

External links

• Jose Antonio Exposito at the International Paralympic Committee
• Jose Antonio Exposito Piñeiro at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archive) (in Spanish)

• 1978 births
• Living people
• Spanish disabled athletes
• Paralympic athletes for Spain
• Paralympic gold medalists for Spain
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• World record holders in para-athletics
• People from Águilas
• Plan ADOP alumni
• Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Spanish male sprinters
• Spanish male long jumpers
• Sportspeople from the Region of Murcia