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Notable swimmers (with their medals) Swimming events under category S1: Swimmers have a significant loss of power or control in legs, arms and hands. Some athletes may also have limited trunk control. This could be caused by tetraplegia, polio or similar disabilities. [3] Swimmers who are in this class use a wheelchair in daily life.
This is a list of multiple Paralympic gold medalists, listing people who have won ten or more Paralympic gold medals. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall have changed over time.
Jessica Tatiana Long PLY (born February 29, 1992) is a Russian-born American Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland, who competes in the S8, SB7 and SM8 category events.
Pages in category "Paralympic medalists in swimming" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,008 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Susan Beth Scott (born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri), is an American Paralympic swimmer.. She competed at World Championships in 2006 in South Africa, before moving to the Olympic Training Center to swim for Jimi Flowers.
Scott earned 17 Paralympic medals (10 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze) in three Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2000 (Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney). [1] seven world records In 1993 and 1996, she was named as the USOC Blind Athlete of the Year. In 2018 Scott was inducted into the US Association of Blind Athletes Hall of Fame.
Mayumi Narita (成田 真由美, Narita Mayumi, born August 27, 1970 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa) [1] is a Japanese swimmer, described as "one of the world’s best Paralympic athletes" by the International Paralympic Committee. [2] Japan Today has described her as a "swimming sensation perhaps as great as the Thorpedo but whose name few know". [3]
Eleanor May Simmonds, OBE (born 11 November 1994 [2]) is a British retired Paralympian swimmer who competed in S6 events. She came to national attention when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning two gold medals for Great Britain.