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Christian Venge

Personal information
Nationality	Spanish
Born	1 December 1972 (1972-12) (age 51) Barcelona, Spain
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Cycling
Medal record Men's cycling Representing  Spain Paralympic Games Bronze 2000 Sydney Track Individual Pursuit Tandem Open Silver 2004 Athens Road Race / Time Trial Tandem B1-3 Gold 2008 Beijing Road Individual Time Trial B VI 1-3 Silver 2008 Beijing Track Individual Pursuit B VI 1-3 Gold 2012 London Track Individual Pursuit Tandem Open European Championships Bronze 2023 Rotterdam Time trial B

Christian Venge Balboa (born 1 December 1972 in Barcelona) is a cyclist from Spain.

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 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. He also represented the Spain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

See also

In Spanish: Christian Venge para niños