Oriol Sellarès

Oriol Sellarès Martínez (born 10 August 1987) is a Spanish track and field competitor on the regional level and a track and field sighted guide on the international level, representing Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics as the guide for Ricardo de Pedraza Losa.

Sellarès was born on 10 August 1987[1] in Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona[2][3] and is from the Catalan region of Spain.

[1] In 2011, he congratulated La Vanguardia on creating a Catalan language version of their site for young people.

[9] In 2006, Sellarès competed at the 40è Cros Internacional de Granollers, earning a second-place finish in one event with a time of 4:38.

[15] In June 2008, he made the podium in 3000 metres steeplechase at the Catalan junior championships with a time of 10:14.06.

[35] In December 2010, he was a guide runner at the Spanish national winter athletics championships for the blind.

That month, the announcement was made regarding his selection as a guide runner at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand.

[36][37] He ran with de Pedraza at the June 2012 IPC European Championships, where the pair won the gold medal in the T11 men's 5000 meter race.