Swimming At The 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 Metre Freestyle S8
The Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 1 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre The is an indoor swimming pool in the Mori- Beach Park () in Tatsumi in the Kōtō ward in eastern Tokyo. Construction began in April 2017 and was completed in 2020. The total construction cost was 56.7 billion yen, ¥ (471 million Euro, €). .... Heats The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle S8 Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 2021 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Tokyo Aquatics Centre
The is an indoor swimming pool in the Mori- Beach Park () in Tatsumi in the Kōtō ward in eastern Tokyo. Construction began in April 2017 and was completed in 2020. The total construction cost was 56.7 billion yen, ¥ (471 million Euro, €). The opening, scheduled for 22 March 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and took place on 23 July 2020 without an audience. The swimming hall was built for the 2020 Summer Olympics and can accommodate up to 12,000 spectators. The arena was also used for swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The swimming arena has two swimming pools and a pool for water diving. The roof was built on the ground and raised step by step to a height of 37 metres. It is 160 metres long, 130 metres wide and 10 metres thick. The roof weighs 7,000 tonnes. In the future, the Aquatics Centre will host hundreds of national, international and junior competitions every year. Furthermore, the citizens of Tokyo will also be able to use the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Mallory Weggemann
Mallory Weggemann (born March 26, 1989) is an American Paralympic swimmer. Career She became a T10-complete paraplegic after an epidural injection to treat post-shingles back pain in 2008.Paralympic swimmer Mallory Weggemann sets US record She broke many world records in the S7 classification, and won multiple gold medals at the in 2009 and 2010. At the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Lourdes Alejandra Aybar Díaz
Lourdes (, also , ; ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its center. In 1858, Lourdes rose to prominence in France and abroad due to the Lourdes apparitions, Marian apparitions to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous (later Canonization, canonized a saint by the Catholic Church for her virtuous life). Shortly thereafter, the city and its Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes became among the world's most important sites for pilgrimage and religious tourism. History Antiquity The current municipal area of Lourdes was inhabited in prehistoric times. In Ancient Rome, Roman times, from the first century BC, it was an oppidum hill on the site of the present-day fortress, as shown by the numerous archaeological finds after the demolition of the pa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Amalie Vinther
Amalie Østergaard Vinther (born 24 December 1995) is a Danish Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. Biography Vinther is a double European champion and a four-time World bronze medalist in freestyle swimming. She has competed in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics and has qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinther, Amalie 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Viborg Municipality Sportspeople from Aarhus Paralympic swimmers for Denmark Danish female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Champions ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Mariia Pavlova
Mariia Pavlova (Russian: Мария Павлова, born 24 October 1998) is a Russian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Mariia Pavlova took up swimming aged six, in Moscow. She represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Russian athletes competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the acronym of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), using a flag depicting a one-off emblem representing the committee. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ha ... in the women's 200 metre individual medley SM8 event and won a bronze medal. References 1998 births Living people Swimmers from Moscow Russian female freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Russia Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Ani Palian
Ani Palian (born August 21, 1990 in Tbilisi) is a Russian (formerly Ukrainian) Paralympic swimmer. In 1991, she moved with her parents to live in Crimea as a doctor suggested as Saky mineral mud might help with her treatment. Career Palian has cerebral palsy and competes in S7 (classification), S7 classification races. She competed at the Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 2012 Paralympic Games where she won a bronze medal in the Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S7, 50 metre freestyle S7 event. She competed for Ukraine at the World Para Swimming Championships in 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, 2010, where she won a gold medal in the 4x50 metre freestyle event, and in 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships, 2013, where she won a gold medal in the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women's 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay, 4x50 metre freestyle relay event and bronze medals in the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships – Women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Morgan Stickney
Morgan Stickney (born June 16, 1997) is an American Paralympic swimmer who represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. She won gold medals at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and holds four para swimming world records. Early life and education Stickney was raised in Bedford, New Hampshire, and emerged as a top-ranked distance swimmer by age 13. She enrolled at Biola University in 2016, and later earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology in 2023. Health issues As a teenager, Stickney suffered what initially appeared to be a routine foot injury. However, her condition deteriorated due to a rare vascular disease that compromised circulation and led to bone and tissue death. After years of pain and failed treatments, her left leg was amputated below the knee in May 2018. Just over a year later, in October 2019, Stickney underwent a second below-the-knee amputation, this time on her right leg. Career Stickney represented the U ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Morgan Bird
Morgan Bird (born September 6, 1993) is a Canadian para swimmer who competes in international level events, she specialises in freestyle. She won a bronze medal, at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 34pts 4x100m relay. She is a double Parapan American Games champion and double World silver medalist. Early life and education Morgan Bird was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1993 to parents Garth and Heidi Bird. She was born with cerebral palsy affecting the left side of her body. She began swimming as physiotherapy for her cerebral palsy and started swimming competitively at age 11. She has a bachelor of child studies from Mount Royal University in Calgary. Career Bird made her Paralympic debut at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. She placed fourth in the women's 400 m freestyle S8. Alongside four members of Canada's 2012 Olympic Team and 10 fellow members Canada's Paralympic Team, she received a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal later that year. She won her first internat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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McKenzie Coan
McKenzie Coan (born June 14, 1996) is an American swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she swam the 400m Freestyle in the S8 category. Coan was one of four S8 category swimmers chosen to compete for Team USA at the games. She later had her breakout games in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she would go on to win 3 gold medals in the category S7 50, 100, and 400M Freestyle races, with an additional silver medal in the 34-point women's Freestyle relay. In the process of getting her gold medal in the 50M Freestyle she also set a new Paralympic Record. Early life and education Coan was born on June 14, 1996, in Toccoa, Georgia. Coan grew up in Clarkesville, Georgia, with her parents, Marc, an internal medicine physician, and Teresa Coan, who owns a swim team. Coan has two siblings. She has the connective tissue disorder "Osteogenesis imperfecta", which is most associated with brittle bones. Coan has broken over 50 bones in her lifetime. In addition to swimming, Coa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Kateryna Denysenko
Kateryna Denysenko (born 7 March 1994) is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Denysenko represented Ukraine in the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal. Personal life Her husband, Iaroslav, is also a Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming (sport), swimming for athletes with disability, disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Swimming at the Summer Paralympics, Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions through ... for Ukraine. References 1994 births Living people Swimmers from Kyiv Ukrainian female backstroke swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Paralympic swimmers for Ukraine Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic silver medalists for Ukraine Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Pa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Tupou Neiufi
Tupou Neiufi (born 15 June 2001) is a New Zealand para-swimmer who represented her country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She won a silver medal at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and gold at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. Early life Born in the Auckland suburb of Māngere East in 2001, Neiufi is the eldest child of Tongan New Zealanders Lose and Fineasi Neiufi. She has six younger siblings. At age two, Neiufi was run over in a hit-and-run accident and suffered damage to the right side of her head. She suffered bruising on the brain, hypertonia and has a left-sided hemiplegia and as a result the left side of her brain is smaller than the right, causing slower processing at times. The left side of her body is also smaller and weaker than the right. After the accident, Neiufi had to be taught how to sit, walk and use her arms again. As a child, she wanted to play netball but had difficulty keeping up with the other players. Her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |
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Viktoriia Ishchiulova
Viktoriia Ishchiulova (Russian: Виктория Ищиулова, born 17 September 2004) is a Russian Paralympic swimmer. She has a congenital limb deficiency. Ishchiulova won one gold and two silver medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Ishchiulova represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won gold in the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S8, 50 metre freestyle S8 event and won silver in the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly S8, 100 metre butterfly S8 and the Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 34pts, 4 × 100 m medley relay events. References 2004 births Living people People from Orsk Russian female backstroke swimmers Russian female butterfly swimmers Russian female freestyle swimmers Russian female medley swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Russia Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Med ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   [Amazon] |