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| show-medals = yes }} Xavi Porras (Olot, Girona, Spain, August 22, 1981) is a Spanish paralympic sprinter and jumper who belongs to F.C. Barcelona and competes in the T11 / B1 category for blind athletes or athletes with a very reduced vision. Since he debuted with 18 years in the European of Lisbon, Xavi has always remained among the world elite, has participated in three Paralympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 -bronze in triple jump- and London 2012), seven World Athletics Championships (2 gold, 3 silver y 3 bronze) and six European (1 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze). He is also the indoor world record holder of the triple jump with a record of 12,77 m. In the triple jump he has achieved his greatest success where he won two gold medals at The World Championships (13,02 m in Holland in 2006 and 12,77 m - world record indoors- in Sweden 2006); a bronze medal in the Paralympics (12,71 m in Beijing 2008) and a gold medal in the European Greece 2009 (12,76 m). Xavi won the title of champion of Spain in the long jump with a mark of 5,82 m, while still preparing with his guide Enric Martin, the World Championships Doha 2015 and the Paralympic Games of Rio 2016, his two next challenges. Xavi Porras is a part of the most prestigious platform for an athlete, crowdfunding, 'Patrocínalos', of the Marca Sport Newspaper == Biography == Xavi Porras spent his childhood between football, biking and skateboarding. From an early age he was fascinated with physical exertion in general and but football in particular. Thanks to the football club in his neighborhood (''Club de Futbol Sant Roc'') had his first experience with competition. His vision problems started when he was very young, with one and a half year he was diagnosed with ''retinitis pigmentosa'', a degenerative congenital disease. When he was fourteen he joined ONCE and moved to the Center for Educational Resources Joan Amades in Barcelona, where in athletics he discovered extra motivation to live with his blindness, besides combining sport with his studies of Administrative Management. In 2005 he signed for the athletics section of FC Barcelona with his partner Rosalía Lázaro being the first blind athletes in the history of the Catalan club. Xavi is also part of the ADOP plan, managed by the Spanish Paralympic Committee, being considered athlete ARC (High Performance Catalan) by the ''Generalitat de Catalunya''. He is married to Rosalía Lázaro, who is the most decorated Spanish Paralympic athlete of all time in the long jump B2. She holds five Paralympic Games (from Barcelona 92 to Beijing 2008), counting three Paralympic medals, nine world championships and thirteen European championships. Xavi and Rosalia have a daughter together, Egara. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xavier Porras」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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