Danielle Campo, , (born January 4, 1985) is a Canadian Paralympic

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Career

Campo first competed for Canada at the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

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, where she won gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in a world record time of 1:14.64, gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in a

Paralympic record Paralympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Paralympic Games or the Winter Paralympic Games. As each type of Paralympic Games occur only once every four years many of these records d ...

time of 34.98, silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:35.08 and with

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, Andrea Cole and

Stéphanie Dixon Stephanie Dixon, (born February 10, 1984) is a Canadian swimmer. Prior to the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, Dixon had accumulated fifteen Paralympic medals and is considered to be one of the best swimmers with a disability in the world. Bor ...

won gold in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in a world record time of 4:38.01. At the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

in Manchester, Campo won bronze in the 50 metre EAD freestyle. Competing against swimmers in other classifications, Campo covered the distance in a Games record time of 35.02, 0.04 seconds over her target time. At the 2002 IPC World Championships in

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, Argentina, Campo won gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 34.77, gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.88 and silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:46.16. At the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

in Athens, Campo won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 35.17, bronze in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:39.13, finished 4th in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.97, finished 11th in the 50 metre butterfly S7 in 48.56 and with Dixon, Cole and

Anne Polinario Anne Cecile Polinario (born 5 August 1979) is a S10 classified Canadian para-swimmer. Born to parents on Cuba's national swim team, she caught on and was on Canada's National Team. Polinario has competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Gam ...

won silver in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in 4:41.70.

Honours

For her sporting success, Campo was awarded the

Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (french: link=no, Médaille du jubilé d'or de la Reine Elizabeth II) or the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2002 to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

in 1992, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and in 2001 became a member of the Order of Ontario.

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