Javier Otxoa Palacios (born 30 August, 1974, Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao, Basque Country) is a Spanish cyclist, formerly of the Kelme cycling team. His name is sometimes spelled Javier Ochoa in media reports. In 2000 Otxoa won a heavy mountain stage in the Tour de France on top of the Hautacam. In February 2001 a car hit him and his twin brother Ricardo during training. Ricardo died. Javier survived but was in a coma for a month and became seriously disabled. He continued cycling, however. In the 2004 Summer Paralympics he won a gold and a silver medal.
External links
- (Spanish) Javier Otxoa website
- Cycling Memorials – Ricardo and Javier Otxoa, Daily Peloton 25 September 2003
