Betiana Basualdo

Betiana Basualdo

Personal information
Born	(1976-05-12) 12 May 1976 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sport
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability class	S2
Medal record Representing Argentina Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta 100m freestyle S2 1996 Atlanta 50m freestyle S2 1996 Atlanta 50m backstroke S2 2004 Athens 100m freestyle S2 World Championships 1994 Malta 50m freestyle S1-2 1994 Malta 50m backstroke S1-2 1998 Christchurch 200m freestyle S2 1998 Christchurch 50m backstroke S2 2002 Mar del Plata 50m freestyle S2 2002 Mar del Plata 200m freestyle S2 2002 Mar del Plata 50m backstroke S2 Parapan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 200m freestyle S3 2007 Rio de Janeiro 50m backstroke S3

Betiana Basualdo (born May 12, 1976) is an Argentinian S2 para-swimmer. She has won two gold medals, three silver medals, and six bronze medals between the Paralympic Games and IPC Swimming World Championships.

Career

Basualdo was born on May 12, 1976, in Buenos Aires. Basualdo made her Paralympic debut for Argentina during the 1996 Summer Paralympics at the age of 18. She won three medals during the games; a silver medal in the women’s 50m freestyle, bronze in the 50m backstroke, and gold in the 100m freestyle. Following this, Basualdo competed at the 1998 IPC Swimming World Championships where she won a silver medal in the women's 200 meter freestyle and bronze in the women's 50 meter backstroke.

After failing to medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Basualdo won three bronze medals at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Argentina. Basualdo eventually returned to the Paralympic podium in 2004 after placing third in the women's 100 m freestyle behind Spain's Sara Carracelas García and Great Britain's Danielle Watts.