Deborah Font Jiménez

Deborah Font Jimenez

Personal information
Nationality	Spain
Born	6 September 1985 El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Spain Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney 100m breaststroke SB12 2004 Athens 100m breaststroke SB12 2004 Athens 400m freestyle S12 2000 Sydney 400m freestyle S12 2004 Athens 200m medley SM12 2008 Beijing 50m freestyle S12 2012 London 400m freestyle S12 IPC World Championships 2006 Durban 400m freestyle S12 2002 Mar del Plata 100m Breaststroke SB12 2002 Mar del Plata 200m Individual Medley SM12 2006 Durban 100m breaststroke SB12 2013 Montreal 400m freestyle S12 2002 Mar del Plata 50m Freestyle S12 2002 Mar del Plata 100m Freestyle S12 2002 Mar del Plata 400m Freestyle S12 2013 Montreal 50m freestyle S12 IPC European Championships 2014 Eindhoven 400m freestyle S13 2014 Eindhoven 100m breaststroke SB13

Deborah Font Jimenez (born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona) is a swimmer from Spain.

Personal

Font was born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona. She has a disability: she is blind.^[1] She found a job with assistance from the Employment HPOD PROAD Program, which is supported by ONCE.^[2] In December 2013, she attended an event marking Spanish insurance company Santa Lucía Seguros becoming a sponsor of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, and consequently Plan ADOP which funds high performance Spanish disability sport competitors. She chose to attend the event because she wanted to show support for this type of sponsorship.^[3]

Swimming

Font is an B2/S12 classification swimmer.^[1] When swimming, she has a "tapper" who taps her so she knows when she has to initiate a turn in the water.^[4]

Font competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where she earned a gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke race, and a pair of bronze medals in the 400 meter freestyle race and the 200 meter individual medley race.^[1] She raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and earned a silver in the 100 meter breaststroke race.^[1] In 2007, she competed at the IDM German Open.^[5] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won a bronze in the 50 meter freestyle race.^[1] Total, she has a gold medal, two silvers and four bronze medals from the Paralympic Games.^[4]

In 2011, Font trained with Carla Casals.^[6] She competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany where she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter breaststroke.^[6][7][8] In 2012, she competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities.^[9] She raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She was the number three swimmer in the 400 meter freestyle race.^[1] She finished sixth in the 200 meter individual medley.^[10] She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.^[11][12] From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.^[13] In November 2013, she competed at the Spanish Age Swimming Championships for blind and visually impaired.^[14]

References

1. "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
2. "Tres medallistas paralímpicos obtienen trabajo gracias al Programa ADOP Empleo - Comité Paralímpico Español - Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
3. "RSC.-La aseguradora 'santalucía' renueva su compromiso con el Plan ADOP" (in Spanish). Spain: Europapress.es. December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
4. "Los 11 de la ONCE" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
5. "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
6. News Editor (2013-07-31). "La nadadora valenciana Anna Ortiz, campeona de Europa de 50 metros braza" (in Spanish). Spain: elperiodic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
7. Malagaes.com (2013-07-18). "Noticias de Málaga : La andaluza Marta Gómez logra su segunda medalla de bronce en el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica — MALAGAES.COM 05/07/2011" (in Spanish). Spain: Malagaes.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
8. RTVE.es - BERLÍN (ALEMANIA)  (2011-07-05). "España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
9. "Castellón acoge a los mejores nadadores en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
10. "Miguel Luque suma el único metal del día. Natación/Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). Spain: Terra.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
11. "Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Extremaduradehoy.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
12. Agencia EFE. "Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo." (in Spanish). Spain: Eldiariomontanes.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
13. "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
14. "Deportes. Deborah font e israel oliver compiten en madrid en el campeonato por edades de natación – Juegos paralímpicos – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Juegos paralímpicos en lainformacion.com" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. November 15, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.