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Full name | Ruth Aguilar Fulgencio |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Torrent, Valencia | 3 February 1975
Website | RuthAguilar.es |
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Country | Spain |
Sport | Athletics |
Ruth Aguilar Fulgencio[a][1] (born 3 February 1975) is a Spanish Paralympic athletics competitor who has represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She played for Spain's national u-17 handball team before suffering a fractured spine in a car accident.
Aguilar was born on 3 February 1975 in Torrent, Valencia,[2][3] and attended Colegio Público Miguel Hernández.[3] Before fracturing her spine in a car accident in December 1992, she played handball.[2][3] She represented Spain internationally in handball at the under 17 level.[2] She played club handball as a goalball for Urbana Valencia.[2] As an athlete with a disability, sports she initially tried included swimming, wheelchair basketball and powerlifting.[2]
Aguilar took a break from competitive sport at one point to give birth to her son.[2] Her break from sport was extended after her father got lung cancer and she tended to him until he died from the disease.[2] In 2013, she was getting a disability pension.[2] In February 2013, local police in Alfafar organized a talk about driver education, and Aguilar participated in the talk as a speaker because of the impact a traffic accident had in her life. While at the event, she also signed the city's Book of Honor.[4][5] In November 2013, she was given an award at the fifth edition of the Carta de Poblament awards. She won in the category of arts, letters and sports.[3][6][7] In November 2013, she participated in a program run by the Programa ADOP Empleo to train Paralympic athletes in developing business communication and entrepreneurship skills.[8]
Aguilar competes in athletics using a wheelchair.[2]
The 2011 Spanish National Adaptive Athletics Championships were held in Valencia and Aguilar competed in them.[9] Competing at the 2010 IPC European Championships, she finished third in the sho tput.[2][3] Aguilar competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.[2] In 2013, she was working on qualifying for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the javelin, discus and shot put.[2] In March 2013, she participated in a dualathlon event as part of a relay team, with Jesus Cordero Ballesteros her teammate.[10][11][12][13]