Marta Arce Payno

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arce and the second or maternal family name is Payno.

Marta Arce

Personal information
Full name	Marta Arce Payno
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 47) Valladolid, Spain
Occupation	Judoka
Website	www.martaarce.es
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Judo
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Spain Paralympic Games 2004 Athens -57 kg 2008 Beijing -63 kg 2012 London -63 kg 2024 Paris -57 kg European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam -57 kg J2
Profile at external databases
IJF	65008
JudoInside.com	89719

Marta Arce Payno (born 27 July 1977)^[1][2] is a B3 classified Spanish judo competitor who has represented Spain at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024 Summer Paralympics where she has won a pair of silver medals and a pair of bronze medals.

Personal

Arce was born in Valladolid with a form of albinism that led to progressive loss of vision to the point where she lost all her sight.^[3] She speaks four languages, Spanish, English, Italian and Japanese.^[3] She is a mother, giving birth in 2009.^[3] Her day job is being a physical therapist working for the Autonomous University of Madrid.^[3] In November 2013, she participated in a program run by the Programa ADOP Empleo to train Paralympic athletes in developing business communication and entrepreneurship skills.^[4]

Judo

Arce is a B3 classified judo competitor.^[5] She started participating in judo after moving to Madrid to attend university. Her entrance to the sport was through her brother who was active in it at that time.^[3] From that point on, she did almost daily training in the sport.^[3]

The first IPC European Judo Championships Arce competed in were the ones hosted in Città di Castello where she picked up a gold medal.^[3][6] She competed at the European Championships held in 1999 in Italy.^[6] In 2001, she competed at a World Cup event in Rio de Janeiro.^[6] Competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal.^[3] The 2004 Games were the first time women's judo appeared on the Paralympic programme.^[6] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she repeated her performance and won another silver medal.^[3] In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara.^[7] She competed at the London hosted 2012 Summer Paralympics in judo,^[3][8][9] where she won a bronze medal.^[10][11][12] In her path to bronze, she competed against Swedish Nicolina Perheim and Cuban Dalidaivis Rodríguez Clark.^[13][14] Her bronze was the second bronze medal won by Spain in judo at the London Games, coming minutes after teammate Maria Monica Merenciano won bronze.^[5][6]

References

1. "Marta ARCE PAYNO". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29.
2. "Marta ARCE". Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12.
3. Anita Guerra (2012-08-31). "Juegos Paralímpicos. Marta Arce, bronce en Londres, cuatrilingüe, madre y fisioterapeuta" (in Spanish). Spain: Mujerhoy.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
4. "Jon santacana, david casinos y xavi torres, entre los paralímpicos que asistirán a una jornada para potenciar sus habilidades de comunicación" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 2013-11-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
5. "Marta Arce, en judo, logra para España la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldia.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
6. "La vallisoletana Marta Arce da al judo español la segunda medalla de bronce" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
7. "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
8. "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
9. "Primer oro y tres bronces ms para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. 31 August 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
10. "Marta Arce, en judo, logra la segunda medalla de bronce | Polideportivo | AS.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Masdeporte.as.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
11. "Londres 2012 termina con coldplay rihanna y 42 medallas para el equipo español" (in Spanish). Spain: El Telescopio Digital. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
12. "Marta Arce, bronce en judo paralímpico, Juegos Paralímpicos Londres 2012 – RTVE.es A la Carta" (in Spanish). Spain: Rtve.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
13. "María Mónica Merenciano y Marta Arce logran el bronce en judo en Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
14. "La judoka de Las Rozas Marta Arce, bronce en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Lasrozas.es. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Marta Arce Payno at the International Judo Federation
• Marta Arce Payno at JudoInside.com
• Marta Arce Payno at Paralympic.org