Danielle Campo

Danielle Campo

Personal information
Full name	Danielle Campo
Nationality	Canadian
Born	January 4, 1985[1]
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Weight	99 lb (45 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	butterfly, freestyle
Medal record Paralympics 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle S7 2000 Sydney 100 m freestyle S7 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 34pts 2000 Sydney 400 m freestyle S7 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle 34pts 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle S7 2004 Athens 400 m freestyle S7 IPC World Championships 2002 Mar del Plata 50 m freestyle S7 2002 Mar del Plata 100 m freestyle S7 2002 Mar del Plata 400 m freestyle S7 Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 50 m EAD freestyle

Danielle Campo, OOnt, (born January 4, 1985) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer.

Career

Campo first competed for Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in a world record time of 1:14.64,^[2] gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in a Paralympic record time of 34.98,^[3] silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:35.08^[4] and with Jessica Sloan, Andrea Cole and Stéphanie Dixon won gold in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in a world record time of 4:38.01.^[5]

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Campo won bronze in the 50 metre EAD freestyle. Competing against swimmers in other classifications, Campo covered the distance in a Games record time of 35.02,^[6] 0.04 seconds over her target time.^[7]

At the 2002 IPC World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Campo won gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 34.77,^[8] gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.88^[9] and silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:46.16.^[10]

At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Campo won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 35.17,^[11] bronze in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:39.13,^[12] finished 4th in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.97,^[13] finished 11th in the 50 metre butterfly S7 in 48.56^[14] and with Dixon, Cole and Anne Polinario won silver in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in 4:41.70.^[15]

Honours

For her sporting success, Campo was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 1992,^[16] the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012^[17] and in 2001 became a member of the Order of Ontario.^[18]

References

1. "Profile of Danielle Campo". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
2. "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
3. "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
4. "Results of the women's 400 metre freestyle S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
5. "Results of the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle 34pts at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
6. "Results of the women's 50 metre EAD freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
7. "Results of the women's 50 metre EAD freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". CGF. July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
8. "Results of the women's 50 metre freestyle S7 at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships". swimrankings.net. December 10, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
9. "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships". swimrankings.net. December 10, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
10. "Results of the women's 400 metre freestyle S7 at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships". swimrankings.net. December 10, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
11. "Results of the women's 50 metre freestyle S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 26, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
12. "Results of the women's 400 metre freestyle S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 23, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
13. "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 20, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
14. "Results of the women's 50 metre butterfly S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 25, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
15. "Results of the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle 34pts at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 22, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
16. "Danielle Campo". Chancellery of Honours. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
17. "Danielle Campo". Chancellery of Honours. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
18. "Order of Ontario Appointees by year of Appointment". Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. Retrieved January 18, 2014.