Antonio De Diego

Who is Antonio De Diego?

Antonio De Diego Alvarez, is a Spanish canoeist and member of the National Spanish Canoeist Team, Paracanoe class A. He has won several medals: gold medal at the Europe Paracanoe Championship Trasona 2010, silver medal at the world championship Paracanoe Poznan 2010, bronze medal World Paracone Szeged 2011 and silver medal at the Europe Paracanoe Championship Zagreb 2012. He also practices other sports such as diving, yachting and handbike.

On July 2, 2004 he suffered a vascular accident requiring a double femoral amputation and causing major paralysis in his right arm. Currently he is training for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio di Janeiro, Brazil.