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 also won over 50 world championship medals.
Dame Sophie Frances Pascoe is a New Zealand para-swimmer. She has represented New Zealand at four Summer Paralympic Games from 2008, winning a total of eleven gold medals, seven silver medals and one bronze medal, making her New Zealand's most successful Paralympian. She has also represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games.
Yip Pin Xiu PJG is a Singaporean backstroke swimmer. She is a five-time Paralympic gold medallist and a one-time IPC gold medallist, with two world records in the 50 m backstroke S2 and the 100 m backstroke S2. Yip is Singapore's most decorated Paralympian.
Ellie Victoria Cole, is an Australian 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. Following the 2012 London Paralympics, where she won four gold and two bronze medals, Cole underwent two shoulder reconstructions and made a successful return to swimming at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, winning five medals, including three golds. She subsequently represented Australia at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. In claiming her seventeenth Paralympic medal in Tokyo, Cole became Australia's most decorated female Paralympian with six gold, five silver and six bronze medals from four Paralympic Games.
Katja Dedekind is an Australian Paralympic vision-impaired swimmer and goalball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and two bronze medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Dong Lu 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 car at age six.
Tupou Neiufi is a New Zealand para-swimmer who represented her country at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She won a silver medal at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and gold at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
Iceland competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. They did not win any medals but had several top 10 placements. Their best placement was by Már Gunnarsson who finished fifth in men's 100 m backstroke S11.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke S14 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 50 metre backstroke S2 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 29 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 3 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke S6 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 3 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke S7 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke S9 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke S10 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Women's 100 metre backstroke S11 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 28 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Men's 100 metre backstroke S14 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
