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| Born | 21 July 2002 Coimbra, Portugal | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S8 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Diogo Cancela (born 21 July 2002) [1] is a Portuguese paralympic swimmer. [2] [3] He competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal in the men's 200m individual medley SM8. [4]
Medley swimming is a combination of four different swimming strokes into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay.
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Charlotte Sarah Henshaw is a British Paralympic full-time athlete across multiple disciplines. Originally a swimmer, she changed to canoeing from 2017, becoming the reigning World champion in the KL2 (five-time) and VL3 (three-time) 200m events. In September 2021, at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, she became a Paralympic champion at her fourth games, winning the Women's KL2 event.
The men's 200m ind. medley SM8 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Aquatics Centre on 5 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
The men's 200m individual medley SM8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
The women's 200m individual medley SM8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 11 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
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The women's 200 metre individual medley SM8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 17 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
The Men's 200 metre individual medley SM8 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 17 September 2016, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Two heats were held. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.
The men's 200 metre individual medley swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium from 8 to 17 September. A total of eleven events were contested for different classifications.
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The men's 200 metre individual medley SM8 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 28 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
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