Javier Reja

Javier Reja Muñoz (born 20 July 1974) is a Spanish Paralympic rower and former paracanoeist. He competed in paracanoe at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. ^[1]

Javier Reja

Personal information
Birth name	Javier Reja Muñoz
Born	(1974-07-20) 20 July 1974 (age 51) Seville, Spain
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Paracanoe Adaptive rowing
Medal record Paracanoe Representing  Spain World Championships 2013 Duisburg Men's VL2 2015 Milan Men's VL2 2016 Duisburg Men's VL2 European Championships 2013 Montemor-o-Velho Men's VL2 2016 Moscow Men's VL2

Accident

In 2006, Reja was riding his motorcycle to the Seville airport, he overtook a tractor and skidded along the gravel. He bounced off and got trapped between a tree and the motorbike's engine, his leg injuries were serious and had to undergo several operations along with two months in hospital to recover.^[2]

After leaving hospital, he was medically advised to swim and he went on to win medals in the Spanish national swimming championships, as well as swimming, he tried out weightlifting, triathlon and cycling and he won several national cycling medals. Reja took a strong interest in canoeing when he went along the banks of Guadalquivir in 2011, he joined a yacht club in Seville and he won his first international medal at the 2013 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Portugal within a year of training.^[3]