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Ana García-Arcicollar

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Ana García-Arcicollar
Personal information
Full nameAna García-Arcicollar Vallejo
Nationality Spain
Born (1982-05-28) 28 May 1982 (age 42)
Madrid, Spain
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 100 m backstroke B2
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke B2
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4x100 m medley B1-3
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 400 m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 100 m butterfly S12
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 400 m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 100 m butterfly S12
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly S12
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Mar del Plata 100 m backstroke S12
Silver medal – second place 2006 Durban 400 m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Durban 100 m backstroke S12
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Durban 100 m Butterfly S12
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Durban 5,000 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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Biografías" (in Spanish). Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-26. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
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