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Maximiliano Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name	Maximiliano Óscar Rodríguez Magi
Nickname	Maxi
Nationality	Spanish
Born	1 March 1988 (age 36); Lanús, Argentina
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Track and field (T12)

Maximiliano Óscar Rodríguez Magi^[1] (born 1 March 1988) is a Spanish athlete who competes in sprinting races. He represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal at either event. He has medalled in national competitions, where he represents Galicia.

Personal

Rodríguez was born 1 March 1988 in Lanús, Argentina,^[2]^[3] and is from Galicia, Spain.^[4] He is of Argentine heritage,^[3] with his paternal grandmother born in Becerreá and his paternal grandfather born in Taboada. He spent three years living in the country, and is a fan of the Argentine football club Club Atlético Independiente. He played junior football in the country for Sagrado Corazón.^[5]

Rodríguez has a disability: he has a vision impairment^[2] that manifested when he was a child.^[5]

In October 2007, ONCE in Lugo named him the "Sportsman Lucense do Ano and Disability Sport winner".^[6] In 2007, he was honoured with a special award for excellence at the Gala do Atletismo Galego.^[7] In 2009, the San Fernando Lucus Caixa Rural athletics club gave him an award at a ceremony in a local hotel.^[8] In 2012, he resided in Lugo.^[2]

Athletics

Rodríguez is a T12/B2 type athlete.^[2] He started competing in athletics in his early teens after someone from disability sport encouraged him to take up the sport. Shortly after starting at a competitive level, he competed and won events on the regional and national level and was attempting to qualify for the IPC Athletics World Championships by 2005.^[5] From 2005 to 2007, he won a number of medals in national and international athletics competitions.^[6]

Rodríguez competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the 100 and 200-meter T12 races and failed to make it out of the qualifying heats in both.^[2] He was one of several Galician competitors representing Spain.^[9] Competing at the 2010 Celtic Galician Junior Indoor Athletics Championship, he won his group in the 60 meters with a time of 7.26.^[10] He competed at the 2010 Spanish Paralympic national championships following selection by the Galician Federation.^[11] At the 2011 Spanish Paralympic Athletics Championships where he represented Galicia, he won the 100 and 200-meter events, and the 4 × 100 relay. At the time, he was recovering from an injury that had been affecting him for several months.^[12] Competing at the 2011 IPC Athletic World Championships in the men's visually impaired 4 × 100 meter relay with Xavier Porras (T11), Martín Parejo Maza (T11), and Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall (T12) who finished with in Spanish record national time of 45.45 seconds while earning a bronze medal in the event.^[13]^[14]^[15] Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.^[16] In 2012, he was a recipient of a Plan ADO €18,000 athlete scholarship with a €3,000 reserve and a €2,500 coaching scholarship.^[17]

Competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Rodríguez improved to finished 4th in the 100 meters and was 9th in the semifinal for the 200 meters. He also competed in the 4 × 100 meter T11-T13 relay race, with his team able to qualify for the finals before earning a DNF.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[12] He qualified for the 100-meter final on the sixth day of competition.^[4] Representing Lugo at 2013 Spanish Paralympic Club Athletics Championships, he won the 100 meter event.^[18] In May 2013, he competed in the Spanish national championships, where he earned gold medal in the long jump and 100 meters.^[19] In July 2013, he participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.^[20]

References

^ "Paralimpiadas – Deportista: Maximiliano Óscar Rodríguez Magi". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ana carro (22 August 2012). "Diez gallegos viajan a Londres para prolongar la racha olímpica" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c londres / la voz (4 September 2012). "Los gallegos Magi y Rodríguez, a las puertas del bronce" (in Spanish). Galacia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "El deporte ayuda a la gente a salir adelante" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "La ONCE homenajeó al atleta Maximiliano Rodríguez Magi" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. 30 October 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Gustavo Dacal y Begoña Garrido, mejores atletas de Galicia" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Días de ocio, cultura y deporte" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Galicia ya aspira al oro en Pekín" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Mínimas de Lucía Pérez Currás y Eva Costas para el campeonato de España" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Mayoría viguesa en la lista para el nacional por federaciones" (in Spanish). Galicia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Alexandre Centeno (10 September 2012). "Galicia se despide con 6 metales" (in Spanish). Galacia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Atletismo.- El relevo masculino 4x100 logra el bronce en los Mundiales Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). Spain: Deportes Online. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ "Bronce para España en relevos de discapacitados visuales durante el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). Spain: cronica social. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ "Atletas ciegos preparan en Logroño su participación en Londres 2012 — Web de la ONCE" (in Spanish). Once.es. 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
^ "Atletas paralímpicos con discapacidad visual se entrenan en Logroño – Canal de Vídeos de" (in Spanish). Spain: Larioja.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "Becas A Entrenadores Del Plan Adop 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ Carlos Melchor (15 April 2013). "El Lucus femenino concluyó segundo en el Gallego de clubes" (in Spanish). Galacia, Spain: Lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Federación Española De Deportes De Personas Con Discapacidad Física" (in Spanish). Spain: Feddf.es. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ "Antonio Andújar y José Martínez Morote competirán en Francia en el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico | El Pueblo de Albacete diario digital" (in Spanish). Spain: Elpueblodealbacete.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.