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2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 150 Metre Individual Medley
The women's 150m individual medley events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre The Manchester Aquatics Centre, abbreviated MAC, is a public aquatics sports facility south of the city centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester near Manchester Metropolitan University. It was ... between 31 July and 6 August.https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/sw7g23/eng/sw/SWR173A_SW7G23SWW519101ENG.htm Medalists Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:2023 World Para Swimming Championships - Women's 150 metre individual medley 2023 World Para Swimming Championships 2023 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 World Para Swimming Championships
The 2023 World Para Swimming Championships was the 12th edition of the World Para Swimming Championships, an international swimming competition for swimmers with disabilities. It was held in Manchester, Great Britain from 31 July to 6 August 2023. This was the third time that Great Britain have hosted the World Para Swimming Championships with Glasgow hosting in 2015 and London hosting in 2019. The World Championships serves as a qualifier for the 2024 Summer Paralympics where two top swimmers in each individual medal event final will be automatically selected to compete at the Paralympics. As a swimmer can only hold one quota, which makes them eligible for all events in their classification for which they have a qualifying time, unrequired quotas are returned to be distributed later. Participating nations * (18) * (26) * (4) * (3) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (29) * (20) * (3) * (24) * (2) * (14) * (4) * (1) * (7) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (3) * (1) * (13) * (13) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Aquatics Centre
The Manchester Aquatics Centre, abbreviated MAC, is a public aquatics sports facility south of the city centre of Manchester, England, north of the main buildings of the University of Manchester near Manchester Metropolitan University. It was purpose built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and cost £32 million to build. Before it was built, for many years its site was open waste ground, left by demolishing inner city industrial terrace houses. The building was designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects. The building takes the approximate shape of an asymmetric trapezoidal prism (the apex provides clearance above the highest diving board), and from the outside, the roof resembles a wave. Construction started in August 1996, and was completed in July 2000, with finishing touches made in September 2001. MAC hosts many swimming and water polo events but also hosts Lancashire County Championships and Age group North west Regionals for swimming. It was opened on 12 October 2000, by Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanja Scholz
Tanja Scholz (born 29 June 1984) is a German Paralympic swimmer, who won three gold medals at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. Personal life Scholz is from Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She has three children. Scholz was diagnosed with paraplegia after a horse riding accident in June 2020, and has been wheelchair bound since. At the time, she was told that she would not be able to swim due to the extent of her injuries. Career Scholz started competing in competitive para swimming in January 2021; prior to her accident, she had been a competitive able bodied swimmer. She trains at , and is coached by Kirsten Bruhn. Scholz was the top athlete at the six event 2022 Para Swimming World Series. At the World Series event in Aberdeen, Scotland, she set the world record in the 100 metres freestyle S4 competition. Scholz won five medals at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. She won gold medals in the 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle S4 events and won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Fernández Infante
Marta Fernández Infante (born 6 August 1994 in Burgos) is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer from Valladolid, Spain. She has cerebral palsy. At the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships (her first international event), she won one gold medal (in the 50m butterfly S5) and three silvers (in the 50m breaststroke SB3, 100m freestyle S4, and 50m freestyle S4), as well as breaking a world record (in the 50m butterfly S4). At the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ..., she won a silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly S5 event, a gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke SB3 event, and a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle S4. She broke her own world record in the 50 metre butterfly S4. References External links * * Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Challis
Ellie Challis (born 23 March 2004) is a British Paralympic swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Challis made her international debut at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and won a bronze medal in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3. Challis competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal. Personal life Ellie Challis grew up in Clacton, Essex and attended Tendring Technology College. When she was 16 months old, Challis contracted meningitis Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, headache, and neck stiffness. Other symptoms include confusion or ..., which resulted in the above knee amputation of her legs and a below elbow amputation of her arms. References External links * * * * {{Authority Control 2004 births Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Swanepoel
Katherine "Kat" Swanepoel (born August 5, 1987) is a South Africa Paralympic swimmer who competes at international swimming competitions, she is a double World champion. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym .... Swanepoel was also a former wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby player before switching to swimming. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swanepoel, Kat 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Pretoria South African female swimmers Paralympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics S4-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Böttcher
Gina Böttcher (born 11 April 2001) is a German Paralympic swimmer who competes in international elite competitions. She is a six-time European medalist. She has competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ... but did not medal. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bottcher, Gina 2001 births Living people German female medley swimmers German female freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships S4-classified para swimmers Sportspeople from Brandenburg an der Havel Sportspeople from Potsdam 21st-century German women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Pereira Dos Santos
Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word ''patrician'', meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. Another well-known variant of this is "Patrice". According to the US Social Security Administration records, the use of the name for newborns peaked at #3 from 1937 to 1943 in the United States, after which it dropped in popularity, sliding to #745 in 2016.Popularity of a NameSocial Security Administration''ssa.gov'', accessed June 26, 2017 From 1928 to 1967, the name was ranked among the top 11 female names. In Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Latin-American countries, the name Patrícia/Patricia is common as well, pronounced . In Catalan and Portuguese it is written Patrícia, while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced . In Polish, the variant is Patrycja. It is also used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |