Yvette Michel
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yvette Michel (born 1965) is a Canadian retired Paralympic swimmer. She competed at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics. Michel is blind, having lost her sight at the age of three,[1] and first competed when she was 14 years old.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Gasher, Mike (September 21, 1983). "Michel has speed to burn". The Province. p. 58. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ Tsumura, Howard (September 3, 1992). "Seeing gold in the pool". The Province. p. B11. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ Batt, Diana (July 26, 1980). "Excelling on her own terms". Vancouver Sun. p. 17. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1965 births
- Canadian female backstroke swimmers
- Canadian female freestyle swimmers
- Canadian female breaststroke swimmers
- Canadian female butterfly swimmers
- Canadian female medley swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for Canada
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers from Vancouver
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Paralympic silver medalists for Canada
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen