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Cecilia Camellini (born 10 March 1992 in
Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
) is a visually-impaired, born blind, Paralympic swimmer of Italy. At the
2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...
she won two silver medals. At the
2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...
she won two gold in world record time, and two bronze medals. Camellini is an athlete of the
Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro The Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro is the sport section of the Italian police force Polizia di Stato. The color of the competition jerseys of the athletes of the Fiamme Oro is crimson, therefore the athletes of the sports group are sometimes called '' ...
.


Biography

Blind since birth, started swimming at the age of three years.


World records

* 100m Freestyle S11: 1:07.29 (
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, 31 August 2012) * 100m Backstroke S11: 1:19.64 (
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, 28 June 2012)


Others achievements


See also

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List of IPC world records in swimming – Women's long course The world records in disability swimming are ratified by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). These are the fastest performances in swimming events at meets sanctioned by the IPC. This article lists the women's world records in long ...
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Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimming at the 2012 Paralympic Games was held from 30 August to 8 September 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre in London, UK. The competition consisted of 148 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course (50m) pool. ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camellini, Cecilia 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Modena Paralympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Italy Paralympic silver medalists for Italy Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy World record holders in paralympic swimming Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics S11-classified para swimmers Swimmers of Fiamme Oro Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming Italian female freestyle swimmers Italian female backstroke swimmers