Marta Fernández Infante

Marta Fernández
Personal information
Full nameMarta Fernández Infante
Born6 August 1994 (1994-08-06) (age 32)
Burgos, Spain
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS4, SB3, SM4, S5
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo50 m breaststroke SB3
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo50 m butterfly S5
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris100 m freestyle S3
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo50 m freestyle S4
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris50 m backstroke S3
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris50 m breaststroke SB3
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Madeira50 m butterfly S5
Gold medal – first place2022 Madeira150 m ind. medley SM4
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester50 m freestyle S3
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester100 m freestyle S3
Silver medal – second place2022 Madeira50 m breaststroke SB3
Silver medal – second place2023 Manchester150 m ind. medley SM3
Silver medal – second place2025 Singapore50 m freestyle S3
Silver medal – second place2025 Singapore100 m freestyle S3
Bronze medal – third place2022 Madeira4x50 m mixed medley relay 20pts
Bronze medal – third place2023 Manchester50 m breaststroke SB3
Bronze medal – third place2023 Manchester4x50 m mixed medley relay 20pts
Bronze medal – third place2025 Singapore50 m backstroke S3

Marta Fernández Infante (born 6 August 1994 in Burgos) is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer from Valladolid, Spain.[1]

Career

She has cerebral palsy.[1] At the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships (her first international event[2]), she won one gold medal (in the 50m butterfly S5) and three silvers (in the 50m breaststroke SB3, 100m freestyle S4, and 50m freestyle S4),[3] as well as breaking a world record (in the 50m butterfly S4).[4] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the 50 metre butterfly S5 event, a gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke SB3 event, and a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle S4.[1] She broke her own world record in the 50 metre butterfly S4.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Swimming: FERNANDEZ INFANTE, Marta". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paralympics. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Spain's Marta Fernandez adds gold to her Paralympic debut". International Paralympic Committee.
  3. ↑ "Madeira 2020 Schedule & Results". International Paralympic Committee.
  4. ↑ "Newcomer Fernandez gets off to a golden start". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Women's 50m Butterfly S4/5 Final Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.


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