José Antonio Expósito

José Antonio Expósito Pineiro (born in Águilas on May 2, 1978) is a Paralympic athlete from Spain.

 Personal 
He was born on May 2, 1978 in Águilas, Murcia. He has an intellectual disability,

 Athletics 
Antonio competes in T20 (track) and F20 (field) events. He has held the F20 Long Jump world record since 2005. He competed at the 2008 INAS World Indoor Athletics Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia, and finished first in the 60 meters and long jump, and third in the 4x400 meter event. He finished first in the 2010 European championships in the 100 meters and long jump events.

Expósito competed in 2010 INAS European Athletics Championship and finished first in the long jump and 100 meter events. He competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where he was one of thirty-two athletes from Spain. He competed in the 2011 INAS World Games, and finished second in the 4x100 meter relay with teammates Francisco Santiago, Alberto Palomo and Dionibel Rodríguez Rodríguez.

Expósito has finished first at the Spanish national championships.  He competed in the 2012 Spanish national championships held in San Javier. In 2012, he had a Plan ADO €23,000 athlete scholarship with a €3,000 reserve and a €2,500 coaching scholarship. He competed in the 2013 World Athletics Championships for people with intellectual disabilities hosted by the Czech Republic.  He finished first in the long jump.  He injured himself after his final jump.

 Paralympics 
Expósito competed at 2000 Summer Paralympics for Spain in the javelin and shot put.  He did not finish in the top three in those events.  He finished first in the 100 meters and the long jump.Jose Antonio Exposito's profile  on paralympic.org He could not compete in the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics because cheating at the 2000 Games which included people with intellectual disabilities resulted in people with intellectual disabilities not being allowed to compete in those years. People with intellectual disabilities were allow to compete at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Expósito finished first in the F20 Long Jump event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

 References 

Category:Spanish sprinters
Category:Living people
Category:1985 births
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain
Category:2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Competitors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sportspeople with disabilities, type T20
Category:1978 births
Category:People from the Region of Murcia
Category:Spanish long jumpers
Category:Spanish javelin throwers
Category:Spanish shot putters