Cecilia Camellini

Cecilia Camellini

Cecilia Camellini between Giovanni Malagò, Luca Pancalli and Sergio Mattarella
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1992-03-10) 10 March 1992
Modena, Italy
Sport
Country  Italy
Sport Paralympic swimming
Disability Visually impaired
Disability class S11
Club ASD Tricolore
Coached by Alessandro Cocchi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100m Freestyle S11: 1:07.29
  • 100m Backstroke S11: 1:19.64
Medal record
Paralympic Games
2012 London 50 m freestyle S11
2012 London 100 m freestyle S11
2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle S11
2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S11
2012 London 400 m freestyle S11
2012 London 100 m backstroke S11
2016 Rio 400 m freestyle S11
IPC European Championships
2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S11
2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S11
2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle – S11
2016 Funchal 400 m freestyle S11
2016 Funchal 50 m freestyle S11
2016 Funchal 100 m backstroke S11

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

Others achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2010 IPC Swimming World Championships Netherlands 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

  1. ↑ IPC bio
  2. ↑ Radio New Zealand
  3. ↑ "BigB.TV - Cecilia Camellini". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "World Records Fill Day 3 of Swimming Championships". paralympic.org. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "IPC Swimming World Championships: Mallory Weggemann Finishes Meet With Nine World Records, Eight Gold Medals". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.


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