Carolina Lopez Rodriguez

Carolina López Rodríguez is a Spanish adaptive sailor who has represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics where she came away with a Paralympic diploma.

Personal López is a tetraplegic as a result of an accident and only has functionality from the chest up. In 2012, she was a 36-year graduate student in business.

Sailing Following her accident, López met people associated with Fundación También who encouraged her to try a number of sports including cycling, skiing and sailing. Fernando Alvarez Ortiz de Urbina was the one who encouraged her to take up the sport of sailing more seriously. She competed in the Mixed Two Person SKUD18 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where she did not medal. In two sessions, the pair finished in seventh place. The pair earned a Paralympic diploma. It was the best performance ever by Spanish sailors. In December 2012, they were recognised for their elite sportsmanship by the Union of Sports Federations Madrid.