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Isabel Yinghua Hernandez Santos

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Spain
Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S10, SB9, SM10

Further personal information

Occupation
Athlete, Student
Languages
Spanish
Higher education
Law - Complutense University of Madrid: Spain

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming at age seven in Merida, Spain.
Why this sport?
She was encouraged to take up the sport by her mother.
Club / Team
CN Merida: Spain
Name of coach
Laureano Gil [national]

General interest

Nicknames
Isa (vivirextremadura.es, 29 Aug 2012)
Most influential person in career
Her family, and coaches Andres Pino and Belen Fernandez. (elperiodicoextremadura.com, 15 May 2016)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Set your sight on a goal and don't stop working until you get it." (Facebook page, 09 Feb 2020)
Awards and honours
She was named the 2013 Female Athlete of the Year in Merida, Spain. (merida.es, 18 Sep 2014)

She was named the 2012 Athlete of the Year for the region of Extremadura in Spain. (fexnatacion.com, 21 Jun 2013)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dxtadaptado.com, 15 Dec 2019)
Impairment
She is missing four of the fingers on her left hand. (hoy.es, 14 Nov 2016; natacionligajudex.blogspot.com, 21 Jun 2013)
Other information
MOVE TO SPAIN
Born in Xi'an, People's Republic of China, she moved to Spain in May 1997 after she was adopted by her parents Fernando and Maribel. (elperiodicoextremadura.com, 2012)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 2 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Final Round 6
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heat 2 4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Final Round 6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 3 6
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 1 2012-08-30 4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Final Round 2012-09-01 7
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heat 2 2012-09-01 4
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final Round 2012-09-03 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 2 2012-09-04 6
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final Round 2012-09-07 5
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 2 2013-08-15 10
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heat 2 2013-08-16 4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Final 1 2013-08-16 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 2 2013-08-17 11
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2015-07-13 8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 Heat 1 2015-07-13 8
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 2 2015-07-14 10
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final 1 2015-07-16 5
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 2 2015-07-16 11
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heat 1 2015-07-17 4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Final 1 2015-07-17 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 Heat 2 2015-07-18 16
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final 1 2015-07-19 6
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 Heat 1 2016-09-09 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 2 2016-09-10 7
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heat 2 2016-09-12 3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Final Round 2016-09-12 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 Heat 2 2016-09-13 5
Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 Heat 2 2017-12-02 7
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2017-12-02 6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Final 1 2017-12-04 3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Final 1 2017-12-06 2