Nationality Spanish Country Spain | Sport Cycling Name Christian Balboa | |
Christian Venge Balboa (born December 1, 1972 in Barcelona) is a cyclist from Spain.
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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 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 in cycling. He was the second cyclist to finish in the men's blind Combined Road race. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 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 in cycling. He was the first cyclist to finish in the Road Trial race. His pilot for the 2012 Games was David Llaurado. All told, he has earned five Paralympic medals.
In 2009, while riding with David Llaurado 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.