José Manuel Rodríguez (boccia)


José Manuel Rodríguez Vázquez is a Spanish boccia player, who has represented the country internationally at the Paralympic Games. Vazquez won a Gold Medal in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.

Personal

Rodríguez is from Cádiz. He was born on 3 September 1980. He became a player from Spain. He has a physical disability: He has cerebral palsy and is a BC3 type athlete skilled at boccia. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the two person game and finished second. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Boccia

Rodriguez is a member of the Adupace Jerez club.
When Lisbon hosted the World Championships in June 2010, Rodríguez was a member of the Spanish national team. Competing in the BC3 team event, his team finished fifth. Elche, Spain hosted the Spanish Boccia Club Championship in June 2011, with Rodriguez participating in the event. He finished third in the BC3 individual event.
The Belfast, Northern Ireland hosted Boccia World Championships were held in August 2011, and he participated. The event was part of the ranking process to qualify for the London Paralympic Games. He made the quarterfinals but was eliminated by the eventual winner. In January 2012, he was unable to attend a boccia training camp organized by the Spanish Cerebral Palsy Federation of Sports and the Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities at CRE San Andrés. Club ADM and the Sociocultural Disability Association organized the June 2012 Spanish national championships which he competed in. Playing with Diego Bejarano, they finished first in the BC3 pairs competition. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he lost 0-11 in the round of sixteen.
In October 2013, Rodríguez was ranked the fourth best Spanish competitor in his classification.