José Manuel Abal Lores (born 15 July 1961) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category PW3-4 Pentathlon events. Abal competed in two Paralympics, in

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in his home country and then in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

in Atlanta. In 1992 he competed in the marathon but failed to finish and then won silver in the pentathlon behind the world record performance of

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's Vojtěch Vašíček. In 1996 he finished well down the field in the pentathlon, finishing ninth overall, finished third in the discus, could only manage fifth in the heat of his 200 m and pulled out of the shot and javelin before the start.

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* * 1961 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Spain Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Spanish pentathletes {{Spain-Paralympic-medalist-stub