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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.
Rudy Garcia-Tolson (born September 14, 1988) [1] is a Paralympic swimmer, runner and triathlete from the USA.. He was born with popliteal pterygium syndrome, resulting in a club foot, webbed fingers on both hands, a cleft lip and palate and the inability to straighten his legs.
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 .
Christopher Holmes (6–1–0) Swimming Trischa Zorn (10–0–0) Swimming 1996: winners: table: Atlanta, United States 518 518 517 542 1577 Duane Kale (4–1–1) Swimming Priya Cooper (5–1–1) Swimming 2000: winners: table: Sydney, Australia: 550 550 549 558 1657 Mayumi Narita (6–1–0) Swimming
Tully Alicia Jacqueline Kearney (born 11 April 1997) is a British Paralympic swimmer. Kearney currently competes in the S5/SB4/SM5 classification for swimmers with physical disabilities. [ 2 ] She won gold and silver at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and followed this up at the Paris 2024 Games with two further gold medals, including retaining ...
The light-hearted pre-race singing and dancing worked out for Pergolini, who earned the first American gold medal of the 2024 Paralympics with a time of 1:04.93 — just short of her world record ...
He achieved selection for his third consecutive Paralympics in May 2008 by being named as part of the squad to attend the Beijing Paralympics. He won four gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games taking the S7 50 m, 100 m and 400 m freestyle events and was part of the gold medal-winning Great Britain 34 point 4×100 m freestyle relay ...
Paralympic swimmer Már Gunnarsson, who recently competed in Paris, is also a musician, student and advocate for the rights of visually impaired people. Openly gay Paralympian Már Gunnarsson ...