Magdalena Amo

Magdalena Amo

Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Long Jump - F10-11
	1992 Barcelona	Long Jump - B2

Magdalena "Magda" Amo Rius[a] (born 23 July 1973) is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category F10-11 long jump events.

Magdalena competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics where she failed to finish the 200m but finished second in the long jump behind Raisa Zhuravleva who set a new games record. She returned for the 1996 Summer Paralympics concentrating on the long jump and it paid off as Magdalena came away with the gold medal in a new Paralympic record beating compatriot Rosalia Lazaro on count back with compatriot Purificacion Ortiz completing the Spanish clean sweep of medals.[1]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Amo and the second or maternal family name is Rius.

References

1. "Magdalena Amo". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.

External links

• Magdalena Amo at the International Paralympic Committee
• Magda Amo Rius at the Comité Paralímpico Español (archived) (in Spanish)