Jessica Tatiana Long is a Russian-American Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland, who competes in the S8, SB7 and SM8 category events. She has held many world records and competed at five Paralympic Games, winning 29 medals. She has won over 50 world championship medals.
Yip Pin Xiu is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She is a six-time Paralympic gold medalist and four-time World Champion, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2. Yip is Singapore's most decorated Paralympian and Southeast Asia's most decorated swimming Paralympian.
Ellie Victoria Cole, is an Australian retired Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. After having her leg amputated due to cancer, she trained in swimming as part of her rehabilitation program and progressed more rapidly than instructors had predicted. She began competitive swimming in 2003 and first competed internationally at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a silver medal. Since then, she has won medals in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Paralympic Games, the IPC Swimming World Championships, and various national championships.
Bethany Charlotte Firth, is a Northern Irish Paralympic swimmer. Since 2014 she has competed for Great Britain; previously, Firth had represented Ireland. A six time Paralympic gold medalist, she has won gold in her specialist event - the 100 metres backstroke - for both Ireland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and Great Britain at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics. These were in addition to the Mixed 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay S14 at the 2020 Games, and 200 metres medley and 200 metres freestyle for Great Britain at the 2016 Games, where she was the nation's most successful Paralympian with three golds and a silver medal. She competes in the S14 classification for athletes with an intellectual impairment.
Jessica-Jane Applegate MBE is a British Paralympic swimmer. Applegate competes in the S14 classification for swimmers with intellectual disabilities, mainly freestyle and backstroke preferring shorter distances. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics and on 2 September, Applegate won the gold setting a Paralympic record in the S14 200m freestyle.
Alice Tai, is a British paralympic swimmer. Tai competes in the SB8, SM8 and S8. She has represented Great Britain at European and World Championships and at the Commonwealth and Paralympic Games, gold medals at all levels.
Frances Williamson is a retired British Paralympic swimmer. Williamson competed in the S3 classification mainly in the freestyle and backstroke preferring shorter distances. She participated in two Summer Paralympic Games winning six medals. At the 2006 IPC World Championships she won three gold medals including the 50m backstroke S3, which she successfully defended four years later at Eindhoven.
The 2016 Summer Paralympics are running from Wednesday 7 September to Sunday 18 September, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is a chronological summary of the major events that took place during the course of the Games.
Lu Dong is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer, who won gold and silver medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She got 38.28 seconds on 50m butterfly. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics she won four gold medals with three world record. Lu lost both her arms after being hit by a motorist at age six.
Liu Benying is a Chinese swimmer. He won the gold medal at the Men's 200 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with a world record and paralympic record of 3:41.54. He also won the silver medal at the Men's 100 metre backstroke S2 event with 1:48.29 and the silver medal at the Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 event with 48.84.
Huang Wenpan was a Chinese Paralympic swimmer. He won five gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics: at the Men's 50 metre freestyle S3 event with a world record and paralympic record of 39.24, at the Men's 200 metre freestyle S3 event with a world record and paralympic record of 3:09.04, at the Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 event with a world record and paralympic record of 50.65 at the Men's 150 metre individual medley SM3 event with a world record and paralympic record of 2:40.19. and at the Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts event with a world record and paralympic record of 2:18.03. He also won a silver medal at the Men's 50 metre backstroke S3 event with 46.11.
Song Maodang is a Chinese swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won a silver medal at the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 34pts event and a bronze medal at the Men's 100 metre butterfly S8 event. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics he won a gold medal at the Men's 100 metre Butterfly S8 event with a world record and paralympic record of 59.19. He also won a silver medal at the Men's 100m Freestyle S8 event with 58.13.
Li Hanhua is a Chinese swimmer. He won a gold medal at the Mixed 4x50metre freestyle relay-20 Points event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where he swam in the heats but not in the final race, where the team won with 2:18.03, a world record and paralympic record. He also won a bronze medal at the Men's 50 metre Freestyle S3 event with 42.18 and another bronze medal at the Men's 100 metre freestyle S3 event with 3:23.10.
Zhou Cong is a Chinese swimmer. He won a gold medal at the Men's 100 metre backstroke S8 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with a world record and paralympic record of 1:02.90. He also won another gold medal at the Men's 4 × 100m Medley Relay - 34 Points event, with a personal time of 1:03.08 and a total team time of 4:06.44, a paralympic record.
Jiang Shengnan is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer.
Chen Yi is a Chinese swimmer.
Li Guizhi is a Chinese swimmer.
Zulfiya Gabidullina is a Kazakhstani Paralympic swimmer who competes in the S4 category. She previously competed in the S3 class but was reclassified into S4, a class for athletes with more physical ability compared to S3. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, aged 50, she won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle, improving her own world record, and bringing Kazakhstan its only gold medal at the Paralympics. Gabidullina became disabled at the age of five. She is a businesswoman. She took up competitive swimming in 2007 and qualified for the 2012 Paralympics and 2013 and 2015 world championships.
Bohdan Hrynenko is a Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 50 m freestyle S8 event. He also won the gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 34pts event together with Oleksandr Komarov, Maksym Krypak and Denys Dubrov.
