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{{Infobox person
| name = Alfonsina Maldonado
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| birth_name = Alfonsina Maldonado Urse
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Florida, Uruguay|Florida]], Uruguay
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = [[Uruguay]]an
| residence = [[Portugal]]
| other_names =
| occupation = Agricultural technician, equestrian, lecturer
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse =
| children =
| mother = Marisa Urse
| father = Jorge Maldonado
| awards =
| alma_mater =
| website = {{URL|http://www.alfonsinario2016.com}}
}}
'''Alfonsina Maldonado''' (born 9 December 1984) is a [[Uruguay]]an agricultural technician, [[Equestrianism|equestrian]], and lecturer.
==Biography==
Alfonsina Maldonado is the daughter of Marisa Urse and Jorge Maldonado. At the age of six months, she suffered an accident which left [[first degree burn]]s on the entire left side of her body. She spent 32 days in a [[coma]] and underwent 17 [[Pediatric plastic surgery|surgeries]], resulting in the loss of her left hand.<ref name=amazona>{{Cite news |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/alfonsina-maldonado-la-nina-que-queria-ser-amazona-n293370 |title=Alfonsina Maldonado: La niña que quería ser amazona |trans-title=Alfonsina Maldonado: The Girl Who Wanted to be an Amazon |last=Martin |first=Patricia |work=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] |language=Spanish |date=3 December 2014 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> Until age five she was a patient at the burn unit of the {{ill|Military Hospital of Montevideo|es|Hospital Militar de Montevideo}}.
She attended School No. 105 Costas de Aria in [[Florida, Uruguay|Florida]] for her primary education, which she rode to on horseback. She entered the Florida School of Poultry, where she graduated with a degree in agricultural technology. She also took a course at the [[Uruguayan Army]]'s Riding School to be an [[equine-assisted therapy]] instructor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.teledoce.com/programas/americando/la-historia-de-vida-de-alfonsina-maldonado-un-ejemplo-de-resiliencia/ |title=La historia de vida de Alfonsina Maldonado, un ejemplo de resiliencia |trans-title=The Life Story of Alfonsina Maldonado, an Example of Resilience |publisher=[[Teledoce]] |language=Spanish |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>
When Maldonado was 21 years old, she left her country, home, family, and friends to move to Europe. She first lived in [[Barcelona]], where she got a job. She then moved to Yeguada del Lago in [[Caldes de Malavella]], where she worked for five years and met Fandango, a horse with which she tried out for the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London.
Maldonado gives motivational lectures to people who lack an extremity, demonstrating that this is not an impediment to being happy.<ref name=amazona/>
In June 2016 she published an autobiographical book titled ''El desafío de vivir'' (The Challenge of Living).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/cultura/1291454-atleta-paralimpica-alfonsina-maldonado-presenta-primer-libro-desafio-de-vivir |title=La atleta paralímpica Alfonsina Maldonado presenta su primer libro: 'El Desafío de Vivir' |trans-title=Paralympic Athlete Alfonsina Maldonado Presents Her First Book: 'El Desafío de Vivir' |last=Font |first=Silvina |work=LaRed21 |language=Spanish |date=6 June 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>
==Competition==
Maldonado tried out for the 2012 London Paralympics as the only Latin American in the [[Para-equestrian classification#Grade 4|Grade IV]] Grand Prize category. She finished two points short of the minimum score to qualify.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/para-equestrian-qa-alfonsina-maldonado |title=Para equestrian: Q&A with Alfonsina Maldonado |last=Howell |first=Robert |publisher=[[Paralympic Games]] |date=9 June 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She next prepared with another horse, Zig-Zag, to participate in the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.referi.uy/rendirse-jamas-la-impactante-historia-alfonsina-n279508 |title=Rendirse jamás: la impactante historia de Alfonsina |trans-title=Never Surrender: The Shocking Story of Alfonsina |last=Benítez |first=Pablo |work=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] Referí |language=Spanish |date=27 May 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She traveled to the [[Netherlands]] for the last qualifying event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://caras.com.uy/2016/01/alfonsina-maldonado-a-un-paso-de-los-juegos-paralimpicos-rio-2016/ |title=Alfonsina Maldonado a un paso de los Juegos Paralímpicos Río 2016 |trans-title=Alfonsina Maldonado One Step Away From the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games |work=Caras |language=Spanish |date=19 January 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> In March 2016 she was invited to Rio to compete in [[Para-dressage|dressage]]. This was her first Paralympic appearance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.duraznosports.uy/mas-deportes/multideportivo/item/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo |title=Alfonsina Maldonado lo hizo |trans-title=Alfonsina Maldonado Did It |last=Frugoni |first=Javier |work=Durazno Sports |language=Spanish |date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611140430/http://www.duraznosports.uy/mas-deportes/multideportivo/item/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo |archive-date=11 June 2016 |dead-url=yes |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.referi.uy/la-historia-los-cuatro-uruguayos-los-juegos-paralimpicos-n968412 |title=La historia de los cuatro uruguayos en los Juegos Paralímpicos |trans-title=The Story of the Four Uruguayans in the Paralympic Games |last=Amaya |first=Sebastián |work=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] Referí |language=Spanish |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She finished 8th in the event, with a score of 59.857.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/hira/web/results/event/PG2016EQXDCH40010000 |title=Dressage – Championship Grade IV |publisher=[[Paralympic Games]] |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She remained positive despite being disappointed with the result.
{{Quote|I did get huge support to get here so my message is that if you dream it you can do whatever you do to reach it. The most important thing is to be a good person and be kind.
Here we are real heroes. Not everyone is a real hero but the most important thing is to be a nice person.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/equestrian-top-quotes-rio-2016 |title=Equestrian: Top quotes of Rio 2016 |publisher=[[Paralympic Games]] |date=22 September 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>}}
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maldonado, Alfonsina}}
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Autobiographers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Motivational speakers]]
[[Category:Paralympic equestrians]]
[[Category:People from Florida Department]]
[[Category:Uruguayan amputees]]
[[Category:Uruguayan equestrians]]
[[Category:Women autobiographers]]
[[Category:Women motivational speakers]]
| name = Alfonsina Maldonado
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Alfonsina Maldonado Urse
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Florida, Uruguay|Florida]], Uruguay
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = [[Uruguay]]an
| residence = [[Portugal]]
| other_names =
| occupation = Agricultural technician, equestrian, lecturer
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse =
| children =
| mother = Marisa Urse
| father = Jorge Maldonado
| awards =
| alma_mater =
| website = {{URL|http://www.alfonsinario2016.com}}
}}
'''Alfonsina Maldonado''' (born 9 December 1984) is a [[Uruguay]]an agricultural technician, [[Equestrianism|equestrian]], and lecturer.
==Biography==
Alfonsina Maldonado is the daughter of Marisa Urse and Jorge Maldonado. At the age of six months, she suffered an accident which left [[first degree burn]]s on the entire left side of her body. She spent 32 days in a [[coma]] and underwent 17 [[Pediatric plastic surgery|surgeries]], resulting in the loss of her left hand.<ref name=amazona>{{Cite news |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/alfonsina-maldonado-la-nina-que-queria-ser-amazona-n293370 |title=Alfonsina Maldonado: La niña que quería ser amazona |trans-title=Alfonsina Maldonado: The Girl Who Wanted to be an Amazon |last=Martin |first=Patricia |work=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] |language=Spanish |date=3 December 2014 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> Until age five she was a patient at the burn unit of the {{ill|Military Hospital of Montevideo|es|Hospital Militar de Montevideo}}.
She attended School No. 105 Costas de Aria in [[Florida, Uruguay|Florida]] for her primary education, which she rode to on horseback. She entered the Florida School of Poultry, where she graduated with a degree in agricultural technology. She also took a course at the [[Uruguayan Army]]'s Riding School to be an [[equine-assisted therapy]] instructor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.teledoce.com/programas/americando/la-historia-de-vida-de-alfonsina-maldonado-un-ejemplo-de-resiliencia/ |title=La historia de vida de Alfonsina Maldonado, un ejemplo de resiliencia |trans-title=The Life Story of Alfonsina Maldonado, an Example of Resilience |publisher=[[Teledoce]] |language=Spanish |date=10 January 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>
When Maldonado was 21 years old, she left her country, home, family, and friends to move to Europe. She first lived in [[Barcelona]], where she got a job. She then moved to Yeguada del Lago in [[Caldes de Malavella]], where she worked for five years and met Fandango, a horse with which she tried out for the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London.
Maldonado gives motivational lectures to people who lack an extremity, demonstrating that this is not an impediment to being happy.<ref name=amazona/>
In June 2016 she published an autobiographical book titled ''El desafío de vivir'' (The Challenge of Living).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/cultura/1291454-atleta-paralimpica-alfonsina-maldonado-presenta-primer-libro-desafio-de-vivir |title=La atleta paralímpica Alfonsina Maldonado presenta su primer libro: 'El Desafío de Vivir' |trans-title=Paralympic Athlete Alfonsina Maldonado Presents Her First Book: 'El Desafío de Vivir' |last=Font |first=Silvina |work=LaRed21 |language=Spanish |date=6 June 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>
==Competition==
Maldonado tried out for the 2012 London Paralympics as the only Latin American in the [[Para-equestrian classification#Grade 4|Grade IV]] Grand Prize category. She finished two points short of the minimum score to qualify.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/para-equestrian-qa-alfonsina-maldonado |title=Para equestrian: Q&A with Alfonsina Maldonado |last=Howell |first=Robert |publisher=[[Paralympic Games]] |date=9 June 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She next prepared with another horse, Zig-Zag, to participate in the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]] in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.referi.uy/rendirse-jamas-la-impactante-historia-alfonsina-n279508 |title=Rendirse jamás: la impactante historia de Alfonsina |trans-title=Never Surrender: The Shocking Story of Alfonsina |last=Benítez |first=Pablo |work=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] Referí |language=Spanish |date=27 May 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She traveled to the [[Netherlands]] for the last qualifying event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://caras.com.uy/2016/01/alfonsina-maldonado-a-un-paso-de-los-juegos-paralimpicos-rio-2016/ |title=Alfonsina Maldonado a un paso de los Juegos Paralímpicos Río 2016 |trans-title=Alfonsina Maldonado One Step Away From the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games |work=Caras |language=Spanish |date=19 January 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> In March 2016 she was invited to Rio to compete in [[Para-dressage|dressage]]. This was her first Paralympic appearance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.duraznosports.uy/mas-deportes/multideportivo/item/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo |title=Alfonsina Maldonado lo hizo |trans-title=Alfonsina Maldonado Did It |last=Frugoni |first=Javier |work=Durazno Sports |language=Spanish |date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611140430/http://www.duraznosports.uy/mas-deportes/multideportivo/item/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo/4041-alfonsina-maldonado-lo-hizo |archive-date=11 June 2016 |dead-url=yes |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.referi.uy/la-historia-los-cuatro-uruguayos-los-juegos-paralimpicos-n968412 |title=La historia de los cuatro uruguayos en los Juegos Paralímpicos |trans-title=The Story of the Four Uruguayans in the Paralympic Games |last=Amaya |first=Sebastián |work=[[El Observador (Uruguay)|El Observador]] Referí |language=Spanish |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She finished 8th in the event, with a score of 59.857.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/hira/web/results/event/PG2016EQXDCH40010000 |title=Dressage – Championship Grade IV |publisher=[[Paralympic Games]] |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> She remained positive despite being disappointed with the result.
{{Quote|I did get huge support to get here so my message is that if you dream it you can do whatever you do to reach it. The most important thing is to be a good person and be kind.
Here we are real heroes. Not everyone is a real hero but the most important thing is to be a nice person.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/equestrian-top-quotes-rio-2016 |title=Equestrian: Top quotes of Rio 2016 |publisher=[[Paralympic Games]] |date=22 September 2016 |access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>}}
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maldonado, Alfonsina}}
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Autobiographers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Motivational speakers]]
[[Category:Paralympic equestrians]]
[[Category:People from Florida Department]]
[[Category:Uruguayan amputees]]
[[Category:Uruguayan equestrians]]
[[Category:Women autobiographers]]
[[Category:Women motivational speakers]]
