Aitor Oroza Flores

Aitor Oroza Flores is a Spanish Paralympic cyclist. He has represented Spain at the Paralympics in 2008 and 2012. His best result in the Paralympics was the seventh place, achieved in 2008. He has competed at several World Championships, winning three gold medals in the individual time trial and one more gold medal in the road race.

Aitor Oroza Flores
Personal information
NationalitySpanish
Born (1976-07-17) 17 July 1976
Sport
Country Spain
SportCycling

Personal

Oroza was born on 17 July 1976 in Bilbao, Biscay,[1][2] and has cerebral palsy.[1] He lives in the Province of Burgos, Castile and León,[3] and works as a mechanic, cook and lecturer.[2] In 2012, he lived in Los Altos, Burgos.[1]

Cycling

Oroza is a T1 classified cyclist.[1] He took up the sport when he was 18 years old.[2]

At the 2002 World Championships in Altenstadt, Oroza won two silver medals.[1] At the 2006 World Championships in Switzerland, he won a pair of gold medals.[1] At the 2007 World Championships in Bordeaux, France, he won a gold medal and a silver medal.[1] He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[1] Competing in two road events, his best finish was seventh, achieved in the individual time trials.[1]

In November 2008, Oroza participated in a Paralympic sports exhibition for schoolchildren in Bilboa.[4] In 2009, he earned a bronze medal and had a fifth-place finish at the UCI World Road Cycling Championships in Bogogno, Italy.[1] Competing at the 2010 UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Baie Comeau, Canada, he finished fourth in the individual time trial and in the road race.[1] At the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Denmark, he earned a silver and bronze medal.[1] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1][3] Competing in two events, he had a thirteenth and fifteenth-place finish.[1] He was one of seven Spanish competitors from Castile and León to compete at the Games.[5][6]

At the 2013 Piacenza Paracycling event, Oroza finished first in the T1 class.[7] In July 2013, Kaletxiki, Andoain held a festival which included an adaptive bicycle race. Competing in his tricycle, he won the event.[8] He competed at the 2013 World Championships in Canada,[9] where became a champion in the individual time trial.[10][11][12] He finished fourth in the T1 road race.[13]

References
  1. "Datos Biografía" (in Spanish). Paralimpicos.es. 13 September 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. "BAT Basque Team — Deportistas" (in Spanish). Basqueteam.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. "La delegación española para los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres contará con siete deportistas castellanoleoneses" (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. "Un total de 150 escolares de Bilbao asisten a una exhibición de deporte paralímpico en el polideportivo de San Ignacio" (in Spanish). Europapress.es. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. "La delegación española para los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres contará con siete deportistas castellanoleoneses" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. "El salmantino Alejandro Sánchez Palomero, preseleccionado para los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Salamanca24horas.com. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. "PiacenzaSera" (in Italian). Piacenzasera.it. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  8. Marivi Olano (2 July 2013). "Deporte a tope en la fiesta de Kaletxiki" (in Spanish). Diariovasco.com. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  9. "El aragonés Eduardo Santas debuta en un Mundial en Canadá — Deportes — El Periódico de Aragón" (in Spanish). Elperiodicodearagon.com. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  10. "Aitor Oroza conquista el oro en la contrarreloj del Mundial de Ciclismo Paralímpico de Canadá" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  11. "Two more gold medals apiece for America and Italy on day three in Baie-Comeau — insidethegames.biz — Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News". insidethegames.biz. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  12. "Canadian Cyclist para-world-championships-day-1". Canadiancyclist.com. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  13. "uci paracycling road worlds day 4 morning results". Pedal Magazine. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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