Category: Para Swimming
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Swimming: France’s Supiot trains for Paralympics, three decades after Olympics
She competed in the Seoul Olympics in 1988, and more than thirty years later, French swimmer Claire Supiot is training to take part in next year’s Paralympics. Despite discovering she had the neuropathy Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in 2008, 52-year-old Claire isn’t letting her disability get in the way of her dreams.
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This Para-swimmer from Dharavi fought all odds to win
Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh is an Indian Para Swimmer who fought all odds to win 4 Gold medals at the Indian Open Para Swimming Championship and has also represented India at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the age of 24, he developed a benign tumor in his lower back which immobilized…
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Para Swimmers Share Their Story of Inclusion and Success Through the Help of Their Coaches
With International Day of Persons With Disabilities around the corner, Swimming Canada recognizes the critical role coaches play in the development of Canadian swimmers.
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Uganda’s 13-year-old Swimming Star Husnah Kukundakwe on the Power of Sport | Paralympic Games
Husnah Kukundakwe (Uganda) a United Through Sport Youth Festival Ambassador, can testify about the life-changing experience of sport. To all the youngsters out there, hear her message!
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The Mermaid Who Became a Champion | Yip Pin Xiu | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
‘Sport has given me so much in life, what I feel is a responsibility to give back to society.” – Olympic champion and Singapore Member of Parliament Yip Pin Xiu.
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Veteran Turns From Gold-Medal Swimming to Triathlons
Brad Snyder is a veteran of our nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was blinded in 2011 when he stepped on an IED, but he considers himself lucky to have walked away from the incident. He took his determination to the Paralympic games, where he medaled in swimming seven times — including three golds…
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Antonios Tsapatakis’ Road to Becoming a World Champion | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
“I want to be remembered for how I transformed a mistake into something positive.” The Greek swimmer, Antonios Tsapatakis refused to let a life-changing motorcycle accident give up on accomplishing his goals.
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Good News: 16-Year-Old Blind Swimmer Anastasia Pagonis Shares Her Positivity
Anastasia Pagonis talks about dealing with her loss of vision at a young age, becoming a Paralympic swimmer, and sharing her positivity through social media.