Deborah Font Jiménez (born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona) is a

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from Spain.

Personal

Font was born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona. She is blind. She found a job with assistance from the Employment HPOD PROAD Program, which is supported by

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. In December 2013, she attended an event marking Spanish insurance company

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becoming a sponsor of the

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, and consequently

Plan ADOP Plan ADOP ( es, Plan ADO Paralímpico) is designed to assist elite disabled sportspeople in Spain to prepare for the Paralympic Games. Created in 2005, it has supported sportspeople competing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics, ...

which funds high performance Spanish disability sport competitors. She chose to attend the event because she wanted to show support for this type of sponsorship.

Swimming

Font is an B2/S12 classification swimmer. When swimming, she has a "tapper" who taps her so she knows when she has to initiate a turn in the water. Font competed 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 ...

, where she earned a gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke race, and a pair of bronze medals in the 400 meter freestyle race and the 200 meter individual medley race. She raced 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 ...

, and earned a silver in the 100 meter breaststroke race. In 2007, she competed at the IDM German Open. She competed 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 ...

, and won a bronze in the 50 meter freestyle race. Total, she has a gold medal, two silvers and four bronze medals from the Paralympic Games. In 2011, Font trained with

Carla Casals Carla Casals Solé (born 6 February 1987) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. Personal Casals is from the Catalan region of Spain. Living at the High Performance Centre (CAR) of San Cugat del Vallés in 2013, she shared a room with an Olympic ...

. She competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany where she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter breaststroke. In 2012, she competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities. She raced 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 was the number three swimmer in the 400 meter freestyle race. She finished sixth in the 200 meter individual medley. She competed at the

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships was an international swimming competition, the biggest meet for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and lasted from 12 to 18 August. Around ...

. From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient of a 2012

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scholarship. In November 2013, she competed at the Spanish Age Swimming Championships for blind and visually impaired.

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