{"id":2949,"date":"2023-03-22T13:13:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2024-01-10T17:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T16:13:54","slug":"a-disabled-athlete-finishes-the-barcelona-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/un-athlete-handicape-termine-marathon-de-barcelone\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona: disabled athlete finishes marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the most inspiring story of the weekend. Alex Roca Campillo, a physically disabled athlete at 76%, completed the <a href=\"https:\/\/allmarathon.fr\/marathons-204-barcelone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona Marathon<\/a>, on Sunday 19 March, in 5 hours, 50 minutes and 51 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Aged 32, disabled athlete Alex Roca Campillo is no novice in the sporting arena, and already has to his credit five triathlons and four half-marathons, as well as the Titan Desert mountain bike race in Morocco. This is a particularly gruelling race in which, for 6 days, the participating mountain bikers cover more than 600 km with 6,000 m of elevation gain and sleep in tents.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CSmF66fh4ZY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"postBody_content__1rc9h\">\n<p>On their website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexroca91.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alexroca91.com<\/a>, he explains his background: <em>\u201cAt the age of six months, I contracted viral herpes encephalitis (herpes encephalitis) which caused cerebral palsy with a physical disability rated at 76 % affecting the left side of my body, which limits my mobility and means I communicate using sign language. I believe that no one can set limits for you; rather, you set your own. Everyone is the master of their own destiny and their own possibilities.\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">I'VE MADE HISTORY!<\/p>\n<p>The first person in the WORLD with a 76% disability to have completed a MARATHON: 42.195 km \u270a\ud83c\udffb\u270a\ud83c\udffb\u270a\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n<p>This has been made possible thanks to ALL of my team. Thank you to EVERYONE who has been cheering, I'M SPEECHLESS\u2026 \ud83e\udef6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XjnQtDmKFN\">pic.twitter.com\/XjnQtDmKFN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Roca Campillo (@alexroca91) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexroca91\/status\/1637522693770694656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19 March 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both as a disabled athlete and as a man, Alex Roca Campillo is truly <a href=\"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/category\/inspiration-motivation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an inspiring person<\/a> who receives the support of a very large community on social media, as well as from former FC Barcelona footballer Carlos Pujol.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">There are 4 days left to make history!<\/p>\n<p>My body is a mix of<\/p>\n<p>FEAR<br \/>\nIllusion<br \/>\nMotivation<br \/>\nPRIDE in the work done<br \/>\nNerves and more nerves.<\/p>\n<p>I need all of you at the finish line. I need your strength, your encouragement and I want us to make history TOGETHER. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Carles5puyol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Carles5puyol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n4gT0VSJIc\">pic.twitter.com\/n4gT0VSJIc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Roca Campillo (@alexroca91) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexroca91\/status\/1635720409579388949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 March 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C&rsquo;est l&rsquo;histoire la plus inspirante du week-end. Athl\u00e8te handicap\u00e9 physique \u00e0 76%, Alex Roca Campillo a termin\u00e9 le marathon de Barcelone, le dimanche 19 mars, en 5 heures, 50 minutes et 51 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration-motivation","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3027,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions\/3027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"well played","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}