Chantal Cavin
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| Born | 12 February 1978 Bern, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chantal Cavin (born 12 February 1978) is a retired Swiss Paralympic swimmer who competed in international elite events. She is a World champion in both long course and short course freestyle swimming, she has also competed at the Paralympic Games three times but narrowly missed out on winning any medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in the 50m and 100m freestyle. Cavin lost her sight at the age of fourteen when she had a concussion following a sporting accident.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chantal Cavin - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021.
- ^ "How do you play a competitive sport when you are blind? (in French)". Tactuel. 25 May 2021. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018.
External links
[edit]- Chantal Cavin at the International Paralympic Committee
- Chantal Cavin at the Swiss Paralympic Committee (in German and French)
Categories:
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Swiss female freestyle swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Switzerland
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- S11-classified para swimmers
- Sportspeople from Bern
- 21st-century Swiss sportswomen