Natalie du Toit OIG MBE is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing;the other being table tennis player Natalia Partyka. Du Toit became the third amputee ever to qualify for the Olympics,where she placed 16th in the 10km swim.
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.
Sascha Kindred is a British swimmer who has competed in six Summer Paralympic Games,winning thirteen medals.
Nyree Elise Kindred MBE is a Welsh swimmer who has competed in the Paralympic Games on four occasions winning ten medals.
Graham Edmunds is a British swimmer who has competed in three Paralympic Games,winning two gold medals in world record times. He was a member of the Reading Swimming Club where he was also a part-time lifeguard and coached the Cygnets,Reading's club for swimmers with learning difficulties.
S6,SB5,SM6 are para-swimming classifications used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability. This class includes people with a number of different types of disability including short stature,major limb impairment or loss in two limbs. This includes people with cerebral palsy,people with dwarfism and amputees. The class competes at the Paralympic Games.
North Korea made its Paralympic Games début at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London,United Kingdom,from August 29 to September 9.
Matthew Anthony "Matt" Haanappel,is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He was born in Wantirna,Victoria and resides in the far eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He has cerebral palsy right hemiplegia. Haanappel has represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics,the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships,the 2014 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships,the 2016 Summer Paralympics,and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He represents the Camberwell Grammar School Aquatic club.
Aaron Rhind is an Australian swimmer. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 200 m individual medley and 50 m butterfly swimming events. He did not medal at the 2012 Games.
Reagan Wickens is an Australian swimmer. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming,but did not medal.
Tanya Huebner is an Australian swimmer. She has represented Australia at the 2012 London and the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
North Korea made its Paralympic Games debut at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London,sending a single wildcard representative to compete in swimming.
Matthew Whorwood is a British Paralympic swimmer. Whorwood,who swims mainly in S6 events has competed in two Paralympic Games winning three bronze medals in freestyle and breastroke events.
Natalie Jones is a British Paralympic swimmer. She competes in S6 classification events and has represented Great Britain at four Paralympics winning five medals,including two golds at Athens in 2004.
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.
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.
Ernie Agat Gawilan is a Filipino swimmer who competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics and was the first gold medalist for the Philippines in the Asian Para Games.
Song Lingling is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer competing in the S6 class. She has won two silver and a gold paralympic medal.
Zheng Tao is a Chinese para swimmer and five-time Paralympic champion. He is known as the "armless swimmer". He made a world record by winning 4 gold medals in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic.
Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. There were 146 events - six fewer events than the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Swimming is the second largest sport:behind athletics and ahead of table tennis.
