Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S9, SB8, SM9
Further personal information
Residence
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming at the age of nine with a local recreational team.
General interest
Hobbies
Listening to music, spending time with friends and playing with her two pets, a cat and a dog. (US Paralympics, 09 Mar 2010)
Other sports
She plays on two wheelchair basketball teams. (US Paralympics, 09 Mar 2010)
Impairment
She has a congenital condition known as Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency [PFFD]. She was born with a shortened right femur bone and, after four corrective surgeries, eventually had to have her foot amputated. (Swimming World Magazine, covchurch.org, 21 Sep 2004)
Other information
ORIGINS
She was adopted at the age of four from an orphanage in Kutaisi, Georgia, where she was born. (Swimming World Magazine, 01 Jun 2005)
She was adopted at the age of four from an orphanage in Kutaisi, Georgia, where she was born. (Swimming World Magazine, 01 Jun 2005)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Heat 1 | 2 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Final Round | 5 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 3 | 7 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 3 | 4 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Heat 1 | 2 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Final Round | 2 | ||
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 4 | ||
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 2 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 6 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 3 | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 6 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Heat 2 | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Final Round | 4 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 2 | 5 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 8 | ||
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 8 | ||
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Heat 2 | 2 | ||
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Final Round | 1 | ||
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 8 | ||
Women's 5,000 m Open Water S10 | Final Round | 4 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 5,000 m Open Water | Final Round | 6 | ||
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts | Final Round | 1 | ||
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Heats | 9 | ||
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM9 | Heats | 12 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Final Round | 6 | ||
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heats | 6 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Final Round | 3 | ||
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Heats | 3 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Heat 1 | 2012-08-30 | 1 | |
Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 | Final Round | 2012-08-30 | 3 | |
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Final Round | 2012-08-31 | 3 | |
Women's 100 m Backstroke S9 | Heat 1 | 2012-08-31 | 2 | |
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 2012-09-04 | 8 | |
Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-04 | 3 | |
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 1 | 2012-09-05 | 4 | |
Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 2012-09-05 | 8 | |
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Heat 2 | 2012-09-07 | 4 | |
Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Final Round | 2012-09-07 | 6 |