| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | Lloret de Mar, Barcelona |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Sport | Swimming (S7) |
Medal record | |
Mireia Riera Casanovas (born in Lloret de Mar, Barcelona) is an S7 swimmer from Spain. She has cerebral palsy. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the 100 meter freestyle race, and a bronze medal in the 400 meter freestyle race. [1] [2]
Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She is the world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley. Formerly, she held the world record in the short course 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and 1500 metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time.
Enhamed Enhamed Mohamed Yahdih is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He is an B1/S11 type swimmer.
Teresa Perales Fernández is an S2 classified Spanish swimmer, politician and motivational speaker who has won a total of 28 Paralympic medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. She is the most decorated Spanish Paralympian in history, and holds the current Paralympic record in women's 100m freestyle (S2) following the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Elena Congost Mohedano is a T12/B2 track and field athlete from Spain. Born with a degenerative vision impairment, she is a teacher who lives in Barcelona, Spain. She has competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2024 Summer Paralympics and won the marathon in 2016, placing second in the 1500 m in 2012.
Sarai Gascón Moreno is a Spanish paralympic swimmer.
Deborah Font Jiménez is a swimmer from Spain.
María Delgado Nadal is a blind Paralympic swimmer from Spain who has competed in several national and international championships.
Ana Belén Bernardo Zamora is an S10 swimmer from Spain. She has a disability where she is missing or cannot use an arm or leg below the elbow or knee. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 100 meter Butterfly race and in the 4 x 100 Relay swimming race. She finished 8th in the 100 meter Freestyle race, and fifth in the 400 meter Freestyle race.
Sara Carracelas Garcia is an S2 swimmer from Spain. She has cerebral palsy. She started swimming when she was four years old. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke and the 50 meter freestyle. She also won a bronze in the 100 meter freestyle. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the 50 meter backstroke a bronze in the 50 meter freestyle and a silver in the 100 meter freestyle. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She finished first in the 50 meter backstroke, the 50 meter freestyle and in the 100 meter freestyle. She raced at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 50 meter backstroke. In 2010, she competed at the Tenerife International Open.
Juan José Fuertes Martínez is an S5 swimmer from Spain. He has cerebral palsy. He competed at the 1992 winning a gold and silver medal in the freestyle and medley relay races respectively. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics winning a gold medal in the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle races, a silver medal in the 100 meter freestyle race and the 4 x 50 meter Freestyle relay 20 Points race and he also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 50 meter medley relay 20 Points race.
Enrique Floriano Millan is a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer from Spain.
María Angeles Fernandez Lebrato is a vision impaired cyclist and B2/S12 swimmer from Spain. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in swimming, winning a silver medal in the 200 meter individual medley and the 100 meter freestyle, and a bronze medal in the 50 meter freestyle race, 400 meter freestyle race and the 4 x 100 medley Relay 49 Points race. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in cycling.
Jesús Collado Alarcón is an S9 swimmer from Spain.
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.
Juan Francisco Jimenez Romano is an S8 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter 34 Points freestyle men's race. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle.
Jesús Iglesias Cortés is an S7 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, he won gold and silver medals in the freestyle and medley relay events respectively, he also won one silver and three bronze medals in the freestyle and butterfly. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke, a silver in the 4 x 50 meter 20 points freestyle relay race, and a pair of bronze medals in the 50 meter S7 freestyle race and the 4 x 50 meter 20 points medley relay race. He is a World champion in the breaststroke.
Esther Morales Fernández is an S10 swimmer from Spain.
Francisco Segarra Simón is a vision impaired S12 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a pair of silver medals in the 400 meter freestyle race and the 100 meter backstroke race. He raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, earning a pair of bronze medals in the 4 x 100 meter relay medley 49 points race and the 100 meter backstroke race.
Enrique Tornero Hernández is an S9 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle race and a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter 34 points freestyle relay. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle race.
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