Elena Congost

Elena Congost Mohedano

Congost running 1500 m with a guide at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 29) Barcelona, Spain
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T12
Medal record Representing  Spain Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon T12 2012 London 1500 m T12 World Championships 2011 Christchurch 1500 m T12

Elena Congost Mohedano (born 20 September 1987) is a T12/B2 track and field athlete from Spain. Born with a degenerative vision impairment, she is a teacher who lives in the Barcelona region of Spain. She competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics and won the marathon in 2016, placing second in the 1500 m in 2012.

Congost was born 20 September 1987 in Barcelona, with a degenerative hereditary eye disease. Her vision started to deteriorate when she was in school. She is a teacher.

In 2008, she lived in Castelldefels, Barcelona, and was still living in the region in 2012. At the 2011 Castelldefels sports awards, she won the award for best female athlete with a disability. Living at the High Performance Centre (CAR) of San Cugat del Vallés in 2013, she shared a room with Mireia Belmonte. In 2013, she was awarded the silver Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.

Congost is T12/B2 type athlete. She is a member of ISS L'Hospitalet Atletisme, an athletic club in L'Hospitalet. At the 2002 IPC World Championship in France, Congost finished seventh in the F12 long jump. She had a pair of fifth-place finishes at the 2003 EPC European Athletics Championships in the 100 meter and long jump events. At the 2003 IBSA World Games Athletics in Quebec, she earned a silver medal in the 4×400 relay and a 5th place in the long jump.

Congost competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and finished seventh in the 200 m race. At the 2006 World Athletics Championships, she placed fifth over 800 m. At the 2007 2n Míting Internacional per Atletes Discapacitats, she won a bronze medal in the 600 m event.