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Swimming At The 2015 Parapan American Games
Swimming contests were held at the 2015 Parapan American Games from August 8 to 14 at the CIBC Aquatics Centre in Toronto, Canada. Medal table Medalists Men's events Women's events Mixed events Relay References {{Swimming at the Parapan American Games Events at the 2015 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 G ... 2015 in swimming Swimming at the Parapan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC; ) is a sports complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-owned by the City of Toronto and the University of Toronto Scarborough, it is operated by TPASC Inc., with programming offered by both the university and Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation. It is located at the northern grounds of the university's Scarborough campus near the intersection of Highway 401 and Morningside Avenue in the suburb of Scarborough. Opened to the public on September 2, 2014, the complex consists of a 3,500-seat aquatics arena (6,000 during the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games) with two Olympic-size swimming pools and a diving well; and a 2,000-seat field house that includes four full-sized gymnasiums, a fitness centre, a climbing wall, and a 200-metre track. The centre hosted diving, fencing, swimming, synchronized swimming and modern pentathlon competitions during the 2015 Pan American Games. Funding for the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre is the largest single investm ... [...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] |
Nathan Stein
Nathan Stein (born March 28, 1992) is a Paralympic swimmer from Canada. He competes in S10 classification events. Swimming career Stein represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he entered three events: the 50m and 100m freestyle (S10), the 100m butterfly and the 100m breaststroke. He made the finals of both the freestyle events, finishing fifth in the 100m, and in the 50m, his time of 23.58 saw him finish in second place to collect the silver medal. As well as Paralympic Success, Stein has also won medals at both the World Championships and the Parapan American Games. Personal history Stein was born in Maple Ridge, Canada in 1992. Stein has the condition osteochondritis dissecans in one of his knees, which is bone deficiency. He has had multiple operations on his knee since first breaking it at the age of 11. Honours In 2012 Stein was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phelipe Melo
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 Paralymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matheus Da Silva (swimmer)
Matheus Avelino da Silva (born 29 December 2000) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie .... Career statistics Club ;Notes References 2000 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders UAE Pro League players UAE First Division League players Nacional Atlético Clube (SP) players Al Wasl F.C. players Al-Arabi SC (UAE) players Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club players Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Sergeant
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Andrade
Luis Armando Andrade Guillen (born March 10, 1995) is a Mexican Paralympic swimmer. He was born in Baja California Sur, México. When Armando was 6 years old, in a car accident, he lost his arm. At that time, he started swimming as a form of therapy. Eventually, Armando earned the opportunity to compete in some competitions in Mexico and then in the Paralympics. From the age of eleven, Armando participated in the Paralympics. He went on to compete in the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara and the IPC World Swimming Championships in Glasgow 2015. For being a very young competitor, Armando in January 2016 he was nominated for the FaceNews Youth Leadership Award. Personal Luis Armando Andrade Guillen is a Mexican athlete who was born on March 10, 1995, in Baja California Sur, México. His parents instilled a love of swimming to him and his brothers from an early age. When Armando was one year old, he could swim and float by himself in the sea. Accident On the way back from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack McAllister (swimmer)
Zachary Taylor McAllister (born December 8, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers. He was drafted out of high school by the New York Yankees in 2006. After several seasons in the Yankees minor league system, he was traded to the Indians in 2010. McAllister made his major league debut in July 2011 and earned his first major league win in May 2012. High school career In high school, McAllister played soccer, football, basketball and baseball for Illinois Valley Central High School in Chillicothe, Illinois. In basketball, McAllister was the starting center for IVC during his senior season. He helped lead the Ghosts to their first and only IHSA Class A boys basketball state finals. IVC lost to Seneca, 47–44 in the state championship game on March 11, 2006. He scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds in the state title game. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo Gomes
Italo may refer to: *Italo-, a prefix indicating a relation to Italy or Italians Film * ''Italo'' (film), a 2014 comedy film *Italo crime, a genre of crime film Music genres *Italo disco *Italo dance *Italo house People *Italo Allodi (1928–1999), footballer *Ítalo Argentino Lúder (1916–2008), Argentine politician *Italo Balbo (1896–1940), politician *Italo Bocchino (born 1957), politician *Italo Brancucci (1904–1958), composer * Italo "Babe" Caccia (1917–2009), American college athlete, coach, and administrator *Italo Calvino (1923–1985), writer *Italo Campanini (1845–1896), singer *Italo Casini (1892–?), bobsledder *Italo Chelini (1914–1972), baseball player *Italo Cappabianca (1936–2001), politician * Ítalo Estupiñán (1952–2016), footballer *Ítalo Ferreira (born 1994), Brazilian surfer * Italo Galbiati (born 1937), footballer *Italo Gardoni (1821–1882), singer *Italo Gariboldi (1879–1970), soldier *Italo Gismondi (1887–1974), archæologist *It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
