Cecilia Camellini
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 March 1992 Modena, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Visually impaired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASD Tricolore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alessandro Cocchi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Biography
Blind since birth, started swimming at the age of three years.[3]
World records
- 100m Freestyle S11: 1:07.29 (
London, 31 August 2012) - 100m Backstroke S11: 1:19.64 (
Berlin, 28 June 2012)
Others achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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| 2010 | IPC Swimming World Championships |  Eindhoven |
1st | 100m Freestyle S11 | 1:08.56 |  [4] |
| 1st | 100m Backstroke S11 | 1:19.78 | [5] | |||
| 2nd | 200m Individual Medley SM11 | 2:58.17 | ||||
| 2nd | 50m Freestyle S11 | 31.85 |
See also
References
- ↑ IPC bio
- ↑ Radio New Zealand
- ↑ "BigB.TV - Cecilia Camellini". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ "World Records Fill Day 3 of Swimming Championships". paralympic.org. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ "IPC Swimming World Championships: Mallory Weggemann Finishes Meet With Nine World Records, Eight Gold Medals". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
External links
- Athlete profile at IPC web site
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Media related to Cecilia Camellini at Wikimedia Commons
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