Flag bearer Marta Ars, Paralympic bronze medalist in the -57 kg category

A Her 47 years, judoka Marta Ars has added another Paralympic medal to the three she has already earned. The The flag bearer of the Spanish team at the inauguration ceremony, with Alvaro Varela, He won the bronze medal in the category of visually impaired -57 kg after beating the Brazilian Lucia da Silva by ippon in just 7 seconds.

Marta, who has 10% vision due to skin albinism, puts the finishing touch on a legendary career. At the premiere at the Paralympic Games, in Athens 2004, silver was suspended, The same results as Kuzich in Beijing four years later. In London 2012 she won the bronze medal and in Ro she abandoned the maternity games. After that, she competed in Tokyo, already with three children (Kenji, Issei and Yumi), to finish fifth.

Ars admits that sport changed the way he faced life when judo crossed his path. “He saved my life, changed the perception I had of myself in terms of the ability to work and sacrifice,”she said.