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Karolina Hamer

Polish flag
Poland
Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Impaired range of motion
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S4, SB4, SM4

Further personal information

Residence
Tychy, POL
Languages
Polish
Higher education
Physiotherapy - College of Humanities: Wroclaw, POL

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She first learnt to swim at age four with her father, but did not take up regular training until age 17.
Why this sport?
She enjoyed the feeling of freedom swimming gave her.
Club / Team
START Katowice: Poland
Name of coach
Ninomyslaw Jakubczyk [club], POL; Wojciech Seidel [national], POL
Training Regime
She trains six hours a day.

General interest

Hobbies
Sport, music, cinema, socialising. (Facebook page, 14 Mar 2016)
Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs
She uses earmuffs to help her focus before a race. (sport.tvp.pl, 17 Sep 2016)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Fight for your dreams." (Tyska Galeria Sportu YouTube channel, 29 Nov 2016)
Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (sport.tvp.pl, 17 Sep 2016)
Impairment
She was born with leg paresis and is assisted by crutches in order to walk. (ohme.pl, 09 Nov 2015)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 5
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 2
Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 4
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Final Round 2
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Heats 8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heats 8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 8
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 7
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 4
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Final Round 5
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 6
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Heat 1 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 5
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 9999
IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 9999
Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 Final Round 7
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 7
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heats 9
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Heat 2 4
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Final Round 7
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 2 5
Women's 50 m Butterfly S4 Final Round 6
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Heat 2 3
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 4
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Final Round 2012-09-05 8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Heat 2 2012-09-06 4
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heat 1 2013-08-12 8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Final 1 2013-08-12 8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Heat 1 2013-08-13 8
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Final 1 2013-08-13 8
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final 1 2013-08-17 3
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heat 2 2015-07-14 9
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Heat 1 2015-07-15 8
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final 1 2015-07-15 7
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Heat 1 2015-07-19 9
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final Round 2016-09-12 9999
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Heat 1 2016-09-12 3
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Heat 2 2016-09-16 5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Heat 2 2016-09-17 7
Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Backstroke S4 Final 1 2017-12-03 5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S4 Final 1 2017-12-06 7
Women's 150 m Individual Medley SM4 Final 1 2017-12-07 4