Anna Johannes

Anna Johannes
Personal information
Nationality  United States
Born 1993
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 125 lb (57 kg)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, breaststroke,
butterfly, freestyle

Anna Johannes is an American Paralympic swimmer.

Biography

Johannes was born in 1993 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[1] with Amniotic band syndrome. At age 2 she already started jumping into a pool and by the time she turned 6 she joined a local swimming team for normal children. At age nine she joined the Olympics[2] but didn't started competing for it till 2011 when she won gold in 100 metres (330 ft) butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle swimming. At the same Parapan American Games she won the same kind of medal for 400 metres (1,300 ft) freestyle and silver one for 50 metres (160 ft) freestyle. During the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won a bronze medal in 4 × 100 m medley, got 4th in 100 metre breaststroke and 5th in 200 metres (660 ft) individual medley. For a time she also held both the American and world records in 100 metre breaststroke and 200 metre individual medley.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anna Johannes". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
  2. "Swimmer Anna Johannes hopes for Paralympic gold". Sun Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.


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