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Swimming At The 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
The Women's 100 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 26 August to 3 September 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance. Schedule Medal summary The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre freestyle events. Results The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 100 metre freestyle events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page. S3 The S3 category is for swimmers who have leg or arm amputations, have severe coordination problems in their limbs, or have to swim with their arms but don't use their trunk or legs. The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021: S5 The S5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. There were 146 events (76 male, 67 female, 3 mixed relay events) - six fewer events than the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Swimming is the second largest sport: behind athletics and ahead of table tennis. The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Qualification Qualification starts from 1 October 2018 and finishes on 1 August 2021. Classes There are three swimming sport class prefixes for swimming strokes: * S is for freestyle, butterfly and backstroke events. * SB is for breaststroke * SM is for individual medley events. As well as swimming strokes, they are also divided into ten different categories: * S1/SB1: swimmers who may have tetraplegia or some form of loss of muscular power in their legs, arms and hands. These swimmers would regularly use a wheelchair. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Ribeiro
Mariana Gesteira Ribeiro (born 28 June 1995) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, where she won the bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ... event in the S9 class. Career Ribeiro learned to swim at the age of ten. At 14, she was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari syndrome, a condition that affects the brain and nervous system. References 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state) Brazilian female backstroke swimmers Brazilian female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Valle
Patricia Valle Benítez (born 7 February 1979) is a Mexican Paralympic swimmer and councillor of Corregidora Municipality. She is a multiple medalist in both Summer Paralympics, World Para Swimming Championships and 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 .... References 1969 births Living people People from Querétaro Paralympic swimmers for Mexico Mexican female breaststroke swimmers Mexican female butterfly swimmers Mexican female freestyle swimmers Mexican female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoya Shchurova
Zoya (russian: Зоя, links=no) is a feminine Russian and Ukrainian first name, a variant of Zoe, meaning "life", from Greek ζωή (zoē), "life". People * Zoya (born 1993), American singer * (born 1994), Indian actress and model * (born 1972), Indian film director and screenwriter * |
