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| Born | 31 October 1983 Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grzegorz Edward Polkowski (born 31 October 1983) is a former Paralympic swimmer of Poland. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics he won a silver at 50m Freestyle S11 and at the 2008 Summer Paralympics he won a bronze at 100m Freestyle S11. [1]
Bradley Warren Snyder is an American professional swimmer on the United States Paralympic team who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. Snyder won two Gold medals and one Silver at London, three Gold and one Silver at Rio, and one gold medal at Tokyo. He lost his eyesight from an IED explosion while serving in the United States Navy in Afghanistan. Among fully blind swimmers, he is the current world record holder for the 100-meter freestyle events.
Alexander Chekurov is a Paralympic swimmer from Russia competing mainly in category S11 events.
Junichi Kawai is a Japanese Paralympic swimmer competing mainly in category S11 events.
Danylo Chufarov is a Ukrainian paralympic swimmer competing mainly in category S13 events.
Viktor Serhiiovych Smyrnov is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S11 events.
Daniela Schulte is a German Paralympic swimmer, competing in the S11 class. Having developed a genetically caused visual impairment aged nine, Schulte began to compete in swimming for competitors with a disability at the age of 13. A year later Schulte participated in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, winning gold medals with both the 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relays B1-3 as well as two silver medals in the 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley B1 events. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Schulte was able to add a silver medal in the 100m freestyle S11 to her tally.
The Men's 400 metre freestyle S11 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 19 September. It was won by Viktor Smyrnov, representing Ukraine.
The Men's 50 metre freestyle S11 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 26 September. It was won by Junichi Kawai, representing Japan.
The Women's 100 metre freestyle S11 swimming event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed on 24 September. It was won by Natalie Ball, representing Germany.
Ana Garcia-Arcicollar Vallejo is a teacher and a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer from Spain. She has a vision impairment because of a congenital disease. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 4 X 100 meter medley 49 points S11 - S13 race, the 200 meter breaststroke race and the 100 meter backstroke race. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, winning a silver in the 400 meter freestyle race, and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly race. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 400 meter freestyle race, and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly race. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver in the 100 meter butterfly race. She also raced at the IBSA World Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She raced at the 2006 World Swimming Championship in Durban, South Africa and the II IBSA World Blind Championships in 2003 in Quebec, Canada. She set world records in the 2003 races in the 4 X 50 meter Freestyle S11 - S13 race, the 800 meter freestyle S12 race and the 4 X 50 meter medley S11 - S13 race.
Anais Garcia Balmaña is a vision impaired B1/S11 swimmer from Spain. She is the daughter of Spanish architect and decorator Miguel Garcia and catalan independentist. When she was born, one eye had glaucoma and one eye was detached. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 4 x 100 meter medley 49 Points relay race. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 100 meter freestyle and 400 meter freestyle races. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 100 meter freestyle race. She competed at the IBSA World Blind Swimming Championships in 2003. She created 3 world records. One was in the 4x50 meter freestyle S11-S13 race. Another world record was in the 800 meter freestyle S11 race. The third world record was in the 4x50 meter medley, S11-S13 race. She is currently the deputy director and head of personal autonomy and adaptation of ONCE, the main agency disabilities Spain.
Tharon Drake is an American Paralympic swimmer.
Liesette Bruinsma is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer. She competes in S11 classification events for athletes with visual impairments. She is the 2016 double Paralympic champion within her classification. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 400 metre freestyle S11, and Women's 100 metre freestyle S11, winning two silver medals.
Li Guizhi is a Chinese swimmer.
Xie Qing is a Chinese swimmer. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics she won a gold medal at the Women's 100 metre freestyle S11 event with 1:08.03, a bronze medal at the Women's 400 metre freestyle S11 event with 5:25.14 and another bronze medal at the Women's 200 metre individual medley SM11 event with 2:51.98.
Wojciech Makowski is a Polish Paralympic swimmer. He represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Marion Nijhof is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic swimmer competing in S11-classification swimming events. She represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. In total she won one silver medal and three bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Damian Michał Pietrasik is a visually impaired Polish Paralympic swimmer competing in S11-classification events. He represented Poland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Uchu Tomita is a Japanese Paralympic swimmer who represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Mykhailo Serbin is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Ukraine at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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