Kini Carrasco

Joaquín "Kini" Carrasco Ávila (born 16 January 1965) is a Spanish politician and former parathlete.

Carrasco played basketball for Cáceres CB until he lost his left arm in a traffic accident in 1985. He then took up para-athletics and competed in the 100 metres at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 2000. He then switched to long-distance running, including the paratriathlon that was introduced in 2009. In 2023, he became the first competitor in 100 international paratriathlons, and he retired in 2024.

Carrasco was elected to the Assembly of Extremadura in the 2025 regional election, as second place on the People's Party (PP) list in the Cáceres constituency.

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