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10 Facts About Lola Ochoa

1.

Maria Dolores "Lola" Ochoa Ribes was born on 4 October 1978 and is a Spanish wheelchair tennis player.

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Lola Ochoa has gone on to represent Spain at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, and the 2013 World Championships.

3.

Lola Ochoa has paraplegia as a result of an accident when she was 14 years old.

4.

Lola Ochoa has an undergraduate degree in business management from a Spanish university.

5.

Lola Ochoa originally chose tennis as a young girl because relatives were involved in it on an amateur level.

6.

Lola Ochoa has belonged to the Avant tennis club, and has been sponsored by PlusUltra and Groupama Insurance.

7.

Lola Ochoa competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece.

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Lola Ochoa was able to qualify for the Games because of changes to the selection process.

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Lola Ochoa finished out the 2011 Spanish season as the Spanish women's champion.

10.

Lola Ochoa had 12 doubles wins in 2013 and 6 doubles losses.