Agustín Alejos Alonso (born November 8, 1987) is a Spanish wheelchair basketball player and a member of the Spain men's national wheelchair basketball team.
 Agustín Alejos in August 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Agustín Alejos Alonso | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 8, 1987 Vigo, Spain | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 4.5 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAlejos was invited to try wheelchair basketball around 2002 by a neighbour, who was the president of the team in Vigo. He joined a professional team in Murcia and played for two seasons before heading to a team in Toledo for another two seasons. He returned to Vigo before heading to Padova Millennium Basket in Italy for two seasons. He moved to Australia for family reason in 2010 and played for the Queensland Spinning Bullets in the Australian wheelchair basketball league from 2010 to 2015, with the exception of the 2012 season. With the goal towards 2016 Rio Paralympics, he returned to Europe and split his season between playing for Gran Canaria and Vigo.[1]
Alejos was part of the Spanish team in 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the competition.[2] He represented Spain in the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship,[3] finishing in fifth place. He competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics,[4] finishing in fourth place.
References
edit- ^ Interview with Agustin Alejos Alonso.Spanish national team player from Vigo (Video). Ayaka Wheelchairbasketball. 2022-09-30 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Agustin Alejos". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Spain name men's roster for 2018 World Championships". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Spain men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.