Astrid Fina Paredes (born 16 October 1983 in

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) is a Spanish

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. Her greatest achievement has been the silver medal of the World Cup of snowboarding.

Tragedy

Astrid Fina had her right foot amputated as a result of a motorcycle accident in May 2009. In 2011, she started practicing snowboarding. A year later, in 2012, she was already part of the Spanish national team.

Recipients

In 2015, she achieved the fourth place in the World Cup, won gold in the Spanish championships, the second place in the national openings of

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and was the winner in the French. In the 2017 World Cup he has achieved a plant medal in the four events of the category with amputation SB-LL2 ( LW2) in which he participated, two of snowboardcross and two of banked slalom. She participated in the

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, where she obtained an Olympic diploma with his sixth position in snowboardcross, and is one of the three Spanish representatives participating in the

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. She will be the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

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