{"id":3209,"date":"2025-01-31T09:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batec-mobility.com\/en\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:44:10","slug":"teresa-silva-a-lifetime-dedicated-to-sport-and-inclusive-leisure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batec-mobility.com\/en\/teresa-silva-a-lifetime-dedicated-to-sport-and-inclusive-leisure\/","title":{"rendered":"Teresa Silva: a lifetime dedicated to sport and inclusive leisure"},"content":{"rendered":"

The story of Teresa Silva (paraplegic<\/strong>, Seville), founder of Fundaci\u00f3n Tambi\u00e9n<\/strong>, is a testament to how people with disabilities can work together to help improve lives within their community.<\/p>\n

Teresa was part of the\u00a0Spanish Paragliding Team<\/strong>\u202fwhen, in 1989, she suffered an accident during training,\u00a0resulting in a spinal cord injury<\/strong>. In 2000, she launched\u202fFundaci\u00f3n Tambi\u00e9n<\/strong>\u00a0with the goal of \u201csocially integrating\u202fpeople with disabilities<\/strong>\u202fthrough all kinds of sports that can be practised inclusively, outdoors and in contact with nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teresa Silva, along with the Fundaci\u00f3n Tambi\u00e9n team, during the 2024 Autumn Festival activity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A journalist with a degree in English, French and German language and civilisation, Teresa opted to combine her sporting career with her professional life. She worked as a writer for magazines specialising in sports aviation and devoted herself to her company, Nueva Aviaci\u00f3n, which no longer exists today.<\/p>\n

After the accident, she continued working but remained distant from the world of sports for eight years, as she couldn\u2019t find a sport she enjoyed. \u201cThere was a huge gap in my sporting and leisure life until 1998, when I had the chance to try\u202fadapted alpine skiing.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teresa Silva, President of Fundaci\u00f3n Tambi\u00e9n.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fundaci\u00f3n Tambi\u00e9n: The project of her life<\/h2>\n

Discovering adapted alpine skiing<\/strong> was a turning point in Teresa\u2019s life. It introduced her to the world of\u202fdisability<\/strong>, which she had previously had little contact with. \u201cThat experience enriched me greatly as a person, and it was then that I realised I couldn\u2019t stay on the sidelines of a community I belonged to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her deep need to share her experience drove her to launch her two most important projects. On the one hand, the first exhibition and competition team for\u202fadapted alpine skiing<\/strong>\u00a0(Team\u202fSantiveri)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and, on the other, her foundation,\u202fFundaci\u00f3n Tambi\u00e9n<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe foundation\u2019s early days were challenging. Thanks to the support of socially responsible companies, trust board members, beneficiaries and volunteers, we managed to get it off the ground and turn it into what it is today.\u201d That is, a leading organisation in promoting inclusive sport and leisure in Spain.<\/p>\n

As an athlete, Teresa is particularly proud of the titles she has won \u2013 some as Spanish champion in skiing and others as champion of the Community of Madrid in sailing, her two favourite sports. In her personal life, she is married and loves spending time with her close-knit family.<\/p>\n

The response to the foundation\u2019s initiatives has been incredible. I feel very proud and grateful that so many people with disabilities have found a source of well-being and personal fulfilment through sport.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Enjoying Batec beyond sport<\/h2>\n

However, as Teresa herself says, \u201cLife isn\u2019t just about sport.\u201d She also enjoys \u201cleaving the house looking put together, without ending up exhausted, sweaty and dishevelled.\u201d To help with this, she uses her\u00a0Batec handbike<\/strong><\/a>, which assists her in daily life, at the events she organises through the foundation and even in her sailing and skiing activities. \u201cI\u2019m the team\u2019s official errand-runner. I zip back and forth across the endless marina docks in no time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teresa Silva, a wheelchair user, using her Batec handbike with a colleague at a Fundaci\u00f3n Tambi\u00e9n event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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