Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born |
2 August 1990 (age 26) Madrid, Spain |
| Residence | Escadarcs, La Cerdanya, Catalonia, Spain |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Spain
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| Sport | Para-alpine skiing |
| Event(s) | Downhill Slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super G |
| Coached by | Sylvana Mestre, Jordi Carbonell |
Gabriel Juan Gorce Yepes (born 2 August 1990 in Madrid) is a visually impaired Spanish B2 classified para-alpine skier. He has had several guide skiers including Aleix Suñé, Félix Aznar and Arnau Ferrer. He competed in the European Cup and the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, at the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships 2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He was also a competitor in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Gorce lives in Escadarcs, La Cerdanya and become Catalan citizen in 2007, and has a visual impairment. He was honoured at the 2010 Sports Gala XV.
Gorce is a B2 classified visually impaired skier. His guide skier was Aleix Suñé. For the 2007/2008 season, he was guided by Aitor Martínez. For the 2009/2010 season and the 2010 Winter Paralympics, his guide was Félix Aznar.Arnau Ferrer was his guide in 2012.
Gorce competed at the 2007 European Cup Alpine Skiing for the disabled. At the 2007 Paralympic Winter World Cup, he earned a gold medal and a bronze. He finished 2006/2007 European Cup season in eighth place. At the March 2008 Italian National Championships, Gorce and Martinez finished fourth in the Super G, third in the Giant Slalom and third in the Slalom. At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, Spain, Gorce and guide Aitor Martínez were some of the Spanish skiers competing at the event. He finished the 2007/2008 European Cup season in eleventh place after the five test events. At the first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup event in the 2008/2009 ski season, which was held at La Molina in Spain, he finished third overall. In March 2009, he competed with guide Suñé at the European Cup Alpine Skiing for the Disabled. He finished second in the slalom event. The pair finished sixth overall with 437 points. At the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, he and his guide finished fifth in the Super Combined event. It was the first World Championship he had competed in.
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