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Xu Haijiao is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer who represented China at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics.
He competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and won silver medals in the 400 metre freestyle S8 and 100 metre butterfly S8 events, and bronze medals in the 200 metre individual medley SM8 and 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 34pts events. [1]
Matthew John Cowdrey is an Australian politician and Paralympic swimmer. He presently holds numerous world records. He has a congenital amputation of his left arm; it stops just below the elbow. Cowdrey competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2008 Paralympic Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the 2012 Paralympic Games. After the 2012 London Games, he is the most successful Australian Paralympian, having won thirteen Paralympic gold medals and twenty three Paralympic medals in total. On 10 February 2015, Cowdrey announced his retirement from swimming.
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.
Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues is a paralympic swimmer from Brazil competing mainly in category S10 events. He was born with a club foot and had two surgeries when he was just four weeks old. After his second surgery when his foot was in the right position he had an infection which made under his knee and specially his tendon stop to grown disabling his right foot movements so as weakness from his knee below. He started swimming when he was 8 months as physiotherapy. He also tried many different sports but his passion since a child was swimming.
Oleksii Fedyna is a visually impaired Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing in S13 events.
Maddison Gae Elliott, is an Australian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she became the youngest Australian Paralympic medallist by winning bronze medals in the women's 400 m and 100 m freestyle S8 events. She then became the youngest Australian gold medallist when she was a member of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 points team. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won three gold and two silver medals.
Viktor Smyrnov is a paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S11 events.
Stephanie Millward, is a British Paralympic swimmer.
Susannah Elizabeth Joy Rodgers, is a British Paralympic swimmer. She competes in S7 classification events and won three bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Wang Yinan is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal. He won the bronze medal at the Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics with 4:32.78.
Liesette Bruinsma is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer. She competes in S11 classification events for athletes with visual impairments. She is the 2016 double Paralympic champion within her classification. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 400 metre freestyle S11, and Women's 100 metre freestyle S11, winning silver medals.
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.
Jiang Shengnan is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer.
Li Guizhi is a Chinese swimmer.
Xie Qing is a Chinese swimmer. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics she won a gold medal at the Women's 100 metre freestyle S11 event with 1:08.03, a bronze medal at the Women's 400 metre freestyle S11 event with 5:25.14 and another bronze medal at the Women's 200 metre individual medley SM11 event with 2:51.98.
Bianka Pap is a Hungarian Paralympic swimmer.
Lisa den Braber is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer. She represented the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Thijs van Hofweegen is a Dutch Paralympic swimmer with cerebral palsy. He is a silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and a gold medalist in several events at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships held in Dublin, Ireland. He also won the bronze medal in the men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships held in Madeira.
Marion Nijhof is a visually impaired Dutch Paralympic swimmer competing in S11-classification swimming events. She represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. In total she won one silver medal and three bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Joanna Mendak is a Polish Paralympic swimmer. She represented Poland at the Summer Paralympics in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021. In total, she won three gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.
Xu Jialing is a Chinese Paralympic swimmer.