What is Javier Otxoa?
{{Spanish name|Ochoa|Palacios}} [[File:Javier Otxoa txirrindularia.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Otxoa in 2009]] '''Javier Otxoa Palacios''' (born August 30, 1974 in [[Vizcaya]] &ndash; August 24, 2018, [[Alhaurín de la Torre]]) was a [[Bicycle|cyclist]] from [[Spain]]. He was a [[race car driver]] before being run over by a car. After being run over by a car, he decided to be a cyclist all the time. He has a [[disability]]: He has [[cerebral palsy]] and is a C3 type cyclist. He competed at the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] in cycling. He was the number 1 racer to finish in the Combined Road race. He was the number 2 cyclist in the Individual Pursuit track race. He competed at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in cycling. He was the number 1 racer to finish in the Road Trial race. He was the number 2 cyclist in the road race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biografías|url=http://www.paralimpico.es/publicacion/buscador/datosbiografia.asp?idatleta=16056676P|publisher=Comité Paralímpico Español|location=Spain|language=Spanish|date=2012|accessdate=June 10, 2013|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064430/http://www.paralimpico.es/publicacion/buscador/datosbiografia.asp?idatleta=16056676P|url-status=dead}}</ref> Otxoa won two gold medals and two silver medals at the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] and the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]]. Otxoa died on 24 August 2018 in [[Alhaurín de la Torre]], Spain from [[sepsis]] at the age of 43.<ref>[http://www.marca.com/ciclismo/vuelta-espana/2018/08/24/5b8056e9468aeb51068b457b.html Muere el exciclista y medallista paralímpico Javier Otxoa] {{in lang|es}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ochoa Palacios, Javier}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from sepsis]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Spain]] [[Category:2004 Summer Paralympics]] [[Category:2008 Summer Paralympics]] [[Category:People from the Basque Country]] [[Category:Spanish cyclists]] [[Category:Paralympic gold medalists