Carla Casals

Carla Casals
Personal information
Nationality  Spain
Born (1987-02-06) 6 February 1987
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
IPC World Championships
2013 Montreal 200m medley SM12
2002 Mar del Plata 100m breaststroke SB12
2010 Eindhoven 100m butterfly S12
2013 Montreal 100m butterfly S12
IPC World Championships 25m
2009 Rio de Janeiro 200m breaststroke SB12
2009 Rio de Janeiro 100m medley SM12
IPC European Championships
2009 Reikjavik 100 breaststroke
2009 Reikjavik 100 butterfly
2014 Eindhoven 100m breaststroke SB12

Carla Casals (born 6 February 1987) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain.[1]

Personal

Casals is from the Catalan region of Spain.[2][3] Living at the High Performance Centre (CAR) of San Cugat del Vallés in 2013, she shared a room with an Olympic athlete.[4][5]

Swimming

Casals is an S12 classified swimmer.[2][3] She is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC).[6]

In 2007, Casals competed at the IDM German Open.[7] Casals won a gold medal at the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championships.[8] She was one of 42 Spanish team members, of which 22 had physical disabilities, 6 had cerebral palsy, 10 were blind and four had intellectual disabilities.[9] Casals competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands, where she won a gold medal.[10][11] She finished seventh in the 100 meter backstroke.[12]

In 2011, Casals trained with Deborah Font Jimenez.[13] She competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, finishing fifth in the 200 meter freestyle and fourth in the 100 meter breaststroke.[13][14] In 2012, Casals competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities. She finished first in the 100 meter butterfly event and second in the SB23 100 meter breaststroke event.[2][15] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where she finished eighth in the 200 meter individual medley, fourth in the 100 meter butterfly, and sixth in the 100 meter breastroke.[6][16] Prior to heading to London, she participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session.[17] Casals competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the Sabadell Swimming Club, where she was one of nine Spanish swimmers to set a qualifying time for the World Championships.[18] She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[3][19][20][21][22] From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Casals, Carla". IPC. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tres récords nacionales en el Campeonato de España por Comunidades Autónomas de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Extremaduradehoy.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "La compañera de habitación de Melani Costa" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "La nadadora paralímpica Julia Castelló, "muy contenta" de que Melani Costa le dedicara la medalla del Mundial de Barcelona - Crónica Social" (in Spanish). Spain: Cronicasocial.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Los mejores nadadores paralímpicos disputan el Campeonato de España en Murcia — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
  8. ↑ "España se marcha de los Europeos Paralímpicos con 51 medallas | Solidaridad" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. 2009-10-27. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  9. ↑ "LORCA / El lorquino Kevin Méndez disputa en Islandia el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: murcia.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  10. ↑ "38 españoles en el Mundial de natación paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 2010-08-14. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "El Mundial de Natación Paralímpica reúne en Holanda a los 38 mejores españoles — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "España acaba con 26 medallas las competiciones de piscina en el Mundial de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Teleprensa.es. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  13. 1 2 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.
  14. ↑ "Españoles logran siete medallas, tres de oro, en jornada inaugural en Berlín. NATACIÓN-PARALÍMPICA CTO.EUROPA" (in Spanish). Spain: Terra.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "Miguel Luque suma el único metal del día. Natación/Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). Spain: Terra.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridad Digital. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "Un Campeonato de Cataluña de Natación de récords — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  19. ↑ Agencia EFE. "Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo." (in Spanish). Spain: Eldiariomontanes.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  20. ↑ "Plan renove" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Deporte. Michelle alonso, sarai gascón y sebastián rodríguez, grandes favoritos españoles en el mundial de natación paralímpica – Juegos paralímpicos – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Juegos paralímpicos en lainformacion.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Noticias.lainformacion.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  22. ↑ "España busca ser potencia en los Mundiales para Discapacitados" (in Spanish). Spain: Europapress.es. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
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