Ana García-Arcicollar

Ana García-Arcicollar
Personal information
Full nameAna García-Arcicollar Vallejo
Nationality Spain
Born (1982-05-28) 28 May 1982
Madrid, Spain
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1996 Atlanta100 m backstroke B2
Bronze medal – third place1996 Atlanta200 m breaststroke B2
Bronze medal – third place1996 Atlanta4x100 m medley B1-3
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney400 m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2000 Sydney100 m butterfly S12
Gold medal – first place2004 Athens400 m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2004 Athens100 m butterfly S12
Silver medal – second place2008 Beijing100 m butterfly S12
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2002 Mar del Plata100 m backstroke S12
Silver medal – second place2006 Durban400 m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2006 Durban100 m backstroke S12
Bronze medal – third place2006 Durban100 m Butterfly S12
Bronze medal – third place2006 Durban5,000 m open water

Ana Garcia-Arcicollar Vallejo[a] (born 28 May 1982) is a Spanish teacher and a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer. She has a vision impairment because of a congenital disease. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 4 X 100 meter medley 49 points S11 - S13 race, the 200 meter breaststroke race and the 100 meter backstroke race. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, winning a silver in the 400 meter freestyle race, and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly race. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 400 meter freestyle race, and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly race. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver in the 100 meter butterfly race. She also raced at the IBSA World Games in São Paulo, Brazil. She raced at the 2006 World Swimming Championship in Durban, South Africa and the II IBSA World Blind Championships in 2003 in Quebec, Canada. She set world records in the 2003 races in the 4 X 50 meter Freestyle S11 - S13 race, the 800 meter freestyle S12 race and the 4 X 50 meter medley S11 - S13 race.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garcia-Arcicollar and the second or maternal family name is Vallejo.

References

  1. ↑ "Biografías" (in Spanish). Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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