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Born | Valencia, Spain |
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Country | Spain |
Sport | Paralympic swimming |
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Pilar Javaloyas is a Spanish paralympic athlete who competed in Para swimming. She won eleven medals at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Summer Paralympics. [1]
At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, she won silver medals in 100 meters breaststroke 6, [2] 100 meters backstroke 6, [3] 100 meters freestyle 6, [4] 100 meters butterfly 6, [5] and 200 individual medley 6. [6]
At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal 100 meters backstroke L5, [7] and bronze medals in 100 meters butterfly L5, [8] and 200 meters individual medley L5. [9]
At the 1988 Summer Paralympics, in Seoul, she won gold medals, in 100 meters backstroke 6, 100 meters butterfly 6, and a bronze medal 400 meters freestyle 6. [10]
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