Jon Santacana

Jon Santacana Maiztegui (born 1 November 1980) is a Spanish B2 classified visually impaired para-alpine skier.

Santacana was born on 1 November 1980 in San Sebestian, Guipúzcoa,[1] in the Basque region of Spain.

[1] Santacana has a vision impairment,[3] which is the result of a genetic problem that manifested itself when he was eight years old.

[4] Santacana earned a gold medal at the Switzerland hosted 2000 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

[5] At the last round of the European Cup in March 2008, an event held in La Molina, he was one of several Spanish skiers competing.

[16][17] He also earned a bronze medal in the giant slalom event, while finishing sixth in the Super Combined.

[19][20] He competed in a November 2010 ski competition in Landgraaf, Netherlands where he earned a gold medal in the downhill event.

While he did not medal in any other events at the competition, he maintained his place on the top of the World Cup leader board for the season.

[27] He won three gold medals at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

[35] Before departing for Vancouver, he participated in a departure ceremony attended by State Secretary for Sport Jaime Lissavetzky, secretary general of Social Policy Francisco Moza, the President of the Spanish Paralympic Committee Miguel Carballeda, and managing director of the Spanish Paralympic Committee Alberto Jofre.

[38] The pair won a gold medal in the men's vision impaired downhill event.