Christian Venge Balboa (born 1 December 1972 in

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) is a

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from

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Personal

He has a vision impairment. In 2013, he was awarded the gold Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.

Cycling

Venge competed at the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was the last time that the Summer Paralympics were organized by two different Organ ...

in cycling. He was the third cyclist to finish in the blind men's Tandem Individual Pursuit track race. He competed at the

2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ...

in cycling. He was the second cyclist to finish in the men's blind Combined Road race. He competed at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

in cycling. He was the first cyclist to finish in the Tandem Time Trial Road race. He was the second cyclists to finish in the Tandem Individual Pursuit track race. He competed at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Sum ...

in cycling. He was the first cyclist to finish in the Road Trial race. His pilot for the 2012 Games was

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. All told, he has earned five Paralympic medals. He also represented the Spain at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2009, while riding with

as his pilot, he won a gold medal at the IPC Road Cycling World Championships. From the Catalan region of Spain, he was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.

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* * 1972 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Paralympic cyclists for Spain Paralympic gold medalists for Spain Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain Paralympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the European Para Championships Cyclists from Barcelona Plan ADOP alumni {{Spain-Paralympic-medalist-stub