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Full name | Nadia Soledad Báez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 26 June 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Morón, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Interamerican Open University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Retinoblastoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S11, SB11, SM11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Natatario Castelar Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Pablo Quinteros Juan Manuel Zucconi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nadia Soledad Báez (born 26 June 1989) is a blind Argentine Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. [1] [2] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal. [3] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [4]
She competed at the 2007 Parapan American Games, 2011 Parapan American Games, 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a silver medal. [3] 2015 Parapan American Games, [5] and 2019 Parapan American Games, where she won two gold and two bronze medals. [6]
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