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Swimming At The 2019 Parapan American Games ...
Paralympic swimming at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru was held at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna Aquatic Centre. Medal table Medalists Men's events Women's events Mixed See also *Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games References {{Swimming at the Parapan American Games 2019 Parapan American Games Parapan American Games Parapan American Games Parapan American Games The Parapan American Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities held every four years after every Pan American Games. The first Games were held in 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico. The 2003 Parapan American Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympic Swimming
Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Both men and women compete in para swimming, racing against competitors of their own gender. Swimming has been a part of the Paralympic program since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rules Rules for the sport are adapted from those set forth by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). Swimmers compete individually in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle, individual medley, and as teams in relay races. At the Paralympics, World Championships and other elite level competitions, swimmers compete in an Olympic-size swimming pool. Significant differences between able-bodied and para swimming include the starting position and adaptations allowed for visually impaired swimmers. Competitors may start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Perez Escalona
Lorenzo Perez Escalona (born February 4, 1986) is a Cuban Paralympic swimmer. He competed in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London where he won a silver and a bronze medal for the 50 and 100 m freestyle respectively. Escalona also one a gold medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games The 2015 Parapan American Games, officially the V Parapan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 ParaPan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Pa ... in the 100m freestyle. He has also competed in the 400m freestyle. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Escalona, Lorenzo Perez 1986 births Living people Paralympic swimmers for Cuba S6-classified para swimmers Paralympic gold medalists for Cuba Paralympic silver medalists for Cuba Paralympic bronze medalists for Cuba Cuban male freestyle swimmers Paralympic medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tye Dutcher
Tye may refer to: People with the name Surname *Albert Tye (1883–1917), English footballer * Andrew Tye (born 1986), Australian cricketer * Christopher Tye (c. 1500–c. 1570), 16th-century composer and organist * Colonel Tye (1753–1780), Loyalist leader in the American revolution * John Tye (cricketer) (1848–1905), an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire * John Tye (whistleblower) (born c. 1976), American surveillance whistleblower * Kay M. Tye (born c. 1981), American neuroscientist and assistant professor at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory * Michael Tye (artist), Australian mosaic artist * Michael Tye (philosopher), American philosopher * Will Tye, American football tight end for the New York Giants Given name * Tiye or Tye (1398–1338 BC), a queen of ancient Egypt * Tye Warner Bietz (born 1984), Canadian trap shooter * Tye Fields (born 1975), American heavyweight boxer * Tye Harvey (born 1974), American pole vaulter * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Hill
Jamal Hill (born February 24, 1995) is an American Paralympic swimmer. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Hill competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle S9 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal. On April 14, 2022, Hill was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships The 2022 World Para Swimming Championships was the 11th edition of the World Para Swimming Championships, an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Madeira from 12 to 18 June. The competition was origin .... On April 29, 2023, Hill was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Jamal 1995 births Living people American disabled sportspeople American male freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Los Angeles Paralympic swimmers for the United States Medalists at the 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phelipe Rodrigues
Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues (born 10 August 1990) is a paralympic swimmer from Brazil competing mainly in category S10 events. He was born with a club foot and had two surgeries when he was just four weeks old. After his second surgery when his foot was in the right position he had an infection which made his leg blow the knee and specially his tendon to stop growing, disabling his right foot movements. He started swimming when he was 8 months as physiotherapy. He also tried many different sports but his passion since childhood was swimming. First competitions His first competitions was for "Academia Movimento" located in Olinda-PE, he competed for 4 years for his team, in 2007 he moved to João Pessoa - PB and joined the state team C.I.E.F. where he archived regional gold medals and twice 3rd place at nationals competitions with able bodied swimmers (non-disabled). Paralympic sports Phelipe was part of the Brazilian team that travelled to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Paralym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Pedro Drummond Oliva
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * João I of Kongo, ruled 1470–1509 * João II of Lemba or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716 * Dharmapala of Kotte, last King of the Kingdom of Kotte, reigned 1551–1597 Princes * João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III * Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861) Arts and literature * João Bosco, Brazilian musician * João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat * Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer * João Donato, Brazilian musician * João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet * João Gilberto, Brazilian musician * João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat * João Miguel (actor), Brazilian actor * João Nogueira, Brazili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Almonacid
Vicente Enrique Almonacid Heyl (born 28 October 2000) is a Chilean Paralympic swimmer who competes in international swimming competitions. Almonacid is a Parapan American Games and World champion in the breaststroke, and was the first Chilean swimmer to win a World title. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, where he finished in eighth place in his final. Personal life Almonacid was born with an aggressive form of fibromatosis, a condition that causes developing tumours on the body. One of his fingers was surgically removed when he was five years old; he also had his left arm amputated and has had multiple operations since then. He began swimming as part of rehabilitation and was trained by Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...an former swimmer José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Armando Guillen
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Cristiano Silva De Souza
In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብርኤል, translit=Gabrəʾel, label=none; arc, ܓ݁ܰܒ݂ܪܺܝܐܝܶܠ, translit=Gaḇrīʾēl; ar, جِبْرِيل, Jibrīl, also ar, جبرائيل, Jibrāʾīl or ''Jabrāʾīl'', group="N" is an archangel with power to announce God's will to men. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran. Many Christian traditions — including Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Roman Catholicism — revere Gabriel as a saint. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15–26, 9:21–27). The archangel also appears in the Book of Enoch and other ancient Jewish writings not preserved in Hebrew. Alongside the archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Smith (para Swimmer)
Liam Smith may also refer to: * Liam Smith (boxer), English boxer * Liam Smith (cricketer) (born 1997), English cricketer * Liam Smith (footballer, born 1995), English footballer * Liam Smith (footballer, born 1996), Scottish footballer *Liam Smith, character in '' The Clinic'' See also *Leon Smith (other) Leon Smith may refer to: * Leon Smith (basketball) (born 1980), American former basketball player * Leon Smith (naval commander) (died 1869), Texas Marine Department during American Civil War * Leon Smith (politician) (born 1937), Idaho House of R ... * Lee Smith (other) * List of people named Liam {{hndis, Smith, Liam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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