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| Full name | Danielle Campo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 4, 1985 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 lb (45 kg) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Danielle Campo, OOnt , (born January 4, 1985) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer.
Campo first competed for Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in a world record time of 1:14.64, [2] gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in a Paralympic record time of 34.98, [3] silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:35.08 [4] and with Jessica Sloan, Andrea Cole and Stéphanie Dixon won gold in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in a world record time of 4:38.01. [5]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games 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, [6] 0.04 seconds over her target time. [7]
At the 2002 IPC World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Campo won gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 34.77, [8] gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.88 [9] and silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:46.16. [10]
At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Campo won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 35.17, [11] bronze in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:39.13, [12] finished 4th in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.97, [13] finished 11th in the 50 metre butterfly S7 in 48.56 [14] and with Dixon, Cole and Anne Polinario won silver in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in 4:41.70. [15]
For her sporting success, Campo was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 1992, [16] the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 [17] and in 2001 became a member of the Order of Ontario. [18]
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