Marta Arce Payno
Personal information | |
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Full name | Marta Arce Payno |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Valladolid, Spain | 27 July 1977
Occupation | Judoka |
Website | www |
Sport | |
Country | Spain |
Sport | Judo |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 65008 |
JudoInside.com | 89719 |
Marta Arce Payno (born 27 July 1977)[1][2] is a B3 classified Spanish judo competitor who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024 Summer Paralympics where she has won a pair of silver medals and a pair of bronze medals.
Personal
[edit]Arce was born in Valladolid with a form of albinism that led to progressive loss of vision to the point where she lost all her sight.[3] She speaks four languages, Spanish, English, Italian and Japanese.[3] She is a mother, giving birth in 2009.[3] Her day job is being a physical therapist working for the Autonomous University of Madrid.[3] 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.[4]
Judo
[edit]Arce is a B3 classified judo competitor.[5] She started participating in judo after moving to Madrid to attend university. Her entrance to the sport was through her brother who was active in it at that time.[3] From that point on, she did almost daily training in the sport.[3]
The first IPC European Judo Championships Arce competed in were the ones hosted in Città di Castello where she picked up a gold medal.[3][6] She competed at the European Championships held in 1999 in Italy.[6] In 2001, she competed at a World Cup event in Rio de Janeiro.[6] Competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal.[3] The 2004 Games were the first time women's judo appeared on the Paralympic programme.[6] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she repeated her performance and won another silver medal.[3] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.[7] She competed at the London hosted 2012 Summer Paralympics in judo,[3][8][9] where she won a bronze medal.[10][11][12] In her path to bronze, she competed against Swedish Nicolina Perheim and Cuban Dalidaivis Rodríguez Clark.[13][14] Her bronze was the second bronze medal won by Spain in judo at the London Games, coming minutes after teammate Maria Monica Merenciano won bronze.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Marta ARCE PAYNO". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29.
- ^ "Marta ARCE". Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Anita Guerra (2012-08-31). "Juegos Paralímpicos. Marta Arce, bronce en Londres, cuatrilingüe, madre y fisioterapeuta" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujerhoy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Jon santacana, david casinos y xavi torres, entre los paralímpicos que asistirán a una jornada para potenciar sus habilidades de comunicación" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ a b "Marta Arce, en judo, logra para España la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldia.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "La vallisoletana Marta Arce da al judo español la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Primer oro y tres bronces ms para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. 31 August 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Marta Arce, en judo, logra la segunda medalla de bronce | Polideportivo | AS.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Masdeporte.as.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Londres 2012 termina con coldplay rihanna y 42 medallas para el equipo español" (in Spanish). Spain: El Telescopio Digital. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Marta Arce, bronce en judo paralímpico, Juegos Paralímpicos Londres 2012 – RTVE.es A la Carta" (in Spanish). Spain: Rtve.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "María Mónica Merenciano y Marta Arce logran el bronce en judo en Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "La judoka de Las Rozas Marta Arce, bronce en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Lasrozas.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Spanish)
- Marta Arce Payno at the International Judo Federation
- Marta Arce Payno at JudoInside.com
- Marta Arce Payno at Paralympic.org
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Spanish female judoka
- Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors
- Paralympic judoka for Spain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Spain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the European Para Championships
- Sportspeople from Valladolid
- Paralympic medalists in judo
- Spanish blind people
- People with albinism
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen