Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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| IPC code | ESP | ||||||||
| NPC | Spanish Paralympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 142 in 15 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Teresa Perales (swimming) | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 17th |
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Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Spain sent 142 competitors to London, 23% of which were women. The whole team was composed of 224 people, with 127 sportspeople and 15 guides, and 82 support staff. They competed in 15 different sports. 74% of Spain's competitors had connections to a high performance sport center in Spain.
The Spanish Paralympic Committee had €600,000 to allocate to Spanish Paralympic medalists. For sportspeople eligible for only one medal, they were eligible for €15,000 for a gold, €7,500 for a silver and €4,500 for a bronze. For sportspeople eligible for more than one medal, golds were €10,000, silvers were worth €5,000 and bronze medals were worth €3,000. In team sports, gold medals were worth €5,000, silver medals were worth €2,500 and bronze medals were worth €1,500.
Spain sent 24 track and field competitors to London. Joan Munar Martínez was the youngest member of the team at 16 years of age.
Spain qualified for the 5-a-side tournament.
The following is the Spain squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
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