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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. Izhak Mamistvalov (2-1-1) 50 metre freestyle
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.
Trischa Zorn (born June 1, 1964, in Orange, California) [1] is an American Paralympic swimmer. Blind from birth, she competed in Paralympic swimming (S12, SB12, and SM12 disability categories). [ 1 ] She is the most successful athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games , having won 55 medals (41 gold, 9 silver, and 5 bronze), [ 2 ] and was ...
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 ...
Long before the Paralympic Games, American gymnast George Eyser, who had a wooden leg, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and won three gold medals, two silver and a bronze, including a gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard.
Jessica Long, 29 medals at the Summer Paralympics. This is a list of multiple Paralympic gold medalists, listing people who have won ten or more gold medals at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals.
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
Maisie Summers-Newton MBE PLY (born 26 July 2002) is a British Paralympic swimmer, competing in S6 disability events. [1] In August 2018, she took gold in the IPC Swimming European Championships SM6 200m individual medley and set a new world record at 2:59.60.