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Johnson added to her Paralympic medal collection at London 2012 Paralympics, as she set a new Paralympic record en route. Johnson recorded a season's best time of 1:40.90, to take the bronze medal in the SB6 100 m backstroke. In the buildup towards her fourth Paralympics at Rio, Johnson underwent an operation for a hernia. While recovering, she ...
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 50 metre backstroke 100 metre freestyle
The Great Britain BC3 pair qualified - to compete as a pair and also generating one individual place in the male and female BC3 events - via winning gold at the Paralympic Qualification Tournament held in Coimbra, Portugal. Additional places in the men's BC3 and BC4 individual events were gained via bipartite invitations.
The paralympic swimmer, 32, placed first in the 400m freestyle S8 on Wednesday, September 4 — the same event in which she won gold 20 years earlier in Athens at age 12. Great Britain's Alice Tai ...
Iona Winifrith (born 11 April 2011) [1] is a British swimmer, who won silver in the 100 m breaststroke SB7 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. [ 2 ] References
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.
Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long won her 30th medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. She talks on the TODAY show about having 17 golds and her future. Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long won her 30th ...
Poppy Maskill (born 22 March 2005) [1] is a British Paralympic swimmer. Maskill competes in the S14, SM14 and SB14 classifications for swimmers with intellectual impairments. [ 2 ] She won three gold and two silver medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris , making her ParalympicsGB's most successful athlete at the Games.