Juan Pablo Barcia Alonso (born September 1976) is a Spanish disability rower, powerlifter and wheelchair basketball player.
[1] In the early 2000s, when he was 26 years old, he was in a car accident that left him with a permanent disability and requiring use of a wheelchair.
[5] Barcia took home a first-place finish at the 2012 Spanish National Club Olympic Rowing Championships.
[6] Barcia was Spain's only rowing representative at the 2012 Summer Paralympics,[7] and one of four Spanish sportspeople from Asturias competing in London.
[3][7][8][10] Overall, he finished in ninth place,[2] following his chest strap coming lose 50 meters from the end of the race.
[3] In June 2013, Barcia participated in the Spanish National Club Olympic Rowing Championships, which took place in the Guadalquivir River in Seville.
He represented Club Remeros del Eo, and managed a first-place finish competing against three other disability classed rowers.