Eleanor May Simmonds, OBE is a British former Paralympian swimmer who competed in S6 events. She came to national attention when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning two gold medals for Great Britain. She was the youngest member of the team, at the age of 13. In 2012, she was again selected for the Great Britain squad, this time swimming at a home games in London. She won another two golds in London, including setting a World Record in the 400m freestyle, and a further gold medal at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, this time setting a world record for the 200m medley.
Dame Sophie Frances Pascoe is a New Zealand para-swimmer. She has represented New Zealand at four Summer Paralympic Games from 2008, winning a total of eleven gold medals, seven silver medals and one bronze medal, making her New Zealand's most successful Paralympian. She has also represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.
Sanaa Benhama is a Paralympic athlete from Morocco competing mainly in category T13 sprint events. She has competed at two Summer Paralympics, most notably at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China where she won three gold medals dominating the sprint field in her class.
Graeme Robert Ballard is an English Paralympian athlete with cerebral palsy, who competes mainly in category T36 sprint events.
Rima Akberdinovna Batalova is a Russian politician. She was formerly a Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T12 middle-distance events.
Edgar Cesáreo Navarro Sánchez is a Paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T51 wheelchair racing events.
Jessica Sachse is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F46 sprints and javelin events.
Sabine Wagner is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.
Purificacion Santamarta is a paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Danny Andrews is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.
Leticia Torres is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Madelene Nordlund is a Paralympic athlete from Sweden competing mainly in category T53 100m to 800m events.
Teigan Van Roosmalen is an Australian Paralympic S13 swimmer. She has Usher Syndrome type 1 legally blind and Profoundly deaf. She had a swimming scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport 2009-2012. Her events are the 100 m breaststroke, 200 m individual medley, 50 m and 100 m freestyle. She competed at the 2011 Para Pan Pacific Championships in Edmonton, where she won a gold medal in the S13 400 freestyle event. She competed at the 2008 Summer and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Ross Davis is a paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T34 sprint events.
Sopa Intasen is a paralympic athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Hauker Gunnarsson is a paralympic athlete from Iceland competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.
Juana Soto is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category TW4 sprint events.
Daniel Mendes Da Silva is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Jeanette Clare Chippington, is a British Paralympic swimmer and paracanoeist. Chippington has represented Great Britain at seven Paralympics, five in swimming Summer Paralympics, 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Competing as a S6 classification swimmer she favoured mainly 50 m and 100m freestyle competitions. After retiring from swimming Chippington returned to disability sport, becoming a world class paracanoeist, winning gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and bronze at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Georgina Hermitage, is a British former parasport athlete competing in T37 sprint events. In 2015, she qualified for the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, selected for the T37 100m and 200m. She took the gold in the 400m sprint, setting a new world record.
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