Cecilia Camellini (born 10 March 1992 in Modena) is a visually-impaired, born blind, Paralympic swimmer of Italy. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics she won two silver medals.[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won two gold in world record time,[2] and two bronze medals.

Camellini is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.[3]

Biography

Blind since birth, started swimming at the age of three years.[4]

World records

  • 100m Freestyle S11: 1:07.29 (United Kingdom London, 31 August 2012)
  • 100m Backstroke S11: 1:19.64 (Germany Berlin, 28 June 2012)

Others achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2010 IPC Swimming World Championships Netherlands Eindhoven 1st 100m Freestyle S11 1:08.56 [5]
1st 100m Backstroke S11 1:19.78 [6]
2nd 200m Individual Medley SM11 2:58.17
2nd 50m Freestyle S11 31.85

See also

References

  1. ^ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  2. ^ Radio New Zealand
  3. ^ "Nuoto paralimpico: 21 medaglie mondiali per le Fiamme oro" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "BigB.TV - Cecilia Camellini". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ^ "World Records Fill Day 3 of Swimming Championships". paralympic.org. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. ^ "IPC Swimming World Championships: Mallory Weggemann Finishes Meet With Nine World Records, Eight Gold Medals". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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