Background
Magi was born March 1, 1988 in Lanus, and is from Galicia.
Magi was born March 1, 1988 in Lanus, and is from Galicia.
He represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal at either event. He has medalled in national competitions, where he represents Galicia. He spent three years living in the country, and is a fan of the Argentine football club Club Atlético Independiente.
He played junior football in the country for Sagrado Corazón.
Rodríguez has a disability: he has a vision impairment that manifested when he was a child. In 2007, he was honoured with a special award for excellence at the Gala do Atletismo Galego.
In 2009, the San Fernando Lucus Caixa Rural athletics club gave him an award at a ceremony in a local hotel. In 2012, he resided in Lugo.
Rodríguez is a T12/B2 type athlete.
He started competing in athletics in his early teens after someone from disability sport encouraged him to take up the sport. Rodríguez competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the 100 and 200-meter T12 races and failed to make it out of the qualifying heats in both. He was one of several Galician competitors representing Spain.
He competed at the 2010 Spanish Paralympic national championships following selection by the Galician Federation.
At the time, he was recovering from an injury that had been affecting him for several months. Competing at the 2011 IPC Athletic World Championships in the men"s visually impaired 4×100 meter relay with Xavier Porras (T11), Martín Parejo Maza (T11), and Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall (T12) who finished with in Spanish record national time of 45.45 seconds while earning a bronze medal in the event.
Prior to the start of the London Games, he trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño. In 2012, he was a recipient of a Plan ADO €18,000 athlete scholarship with a €3,000 reserve and a €2,500 coaching scholarship.
Competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Rodríguez improved to finished 4th in the 100 meters and was 9th in the semifinal for the 200 meters.
He also competed in the 4×100 meter T11-T13 relay race, with his team able to qualify for the finals before earning a DNF. He qualified for the 100-meter final on the sixth day of competition. In May 2013, he competed in the Spanish national championships, where he earned gold medal in the long jump and 100 meters. In July 2013, he participated in the 2013 IPC World Championships.