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4781-Nan Gao photo

Biography

Impairment information

Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
S7, SB7, SM7

Further personal information

Languages
Mandarin

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up Para swimming in 2004 in Shijiazhuang, China.
Why this sport?
He was identified as an athlete with potential by the Hebei Impaired Federation in the lead-up to the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.

International debut

Year
2005
Competing for
China
Location
Brazil

General interest

Impairment
He contracted polio as a child, resulting in impairment to his leg. (handan.hebnews.cn, 14 Sep 2015)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 Final Round 4
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Heats 4
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 Heats 4
Men's 100 m Freestyle S7 Heats 9
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 Final Round 7
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 Heats 8
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Final Round 4
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Final Round 5
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Heat 1 2
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 Final Round 4
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 Heat 1 2
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Final Round 6
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Heat 1 3
Men's 50 m Butterfly S7 Heat 1 5
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Final Round 2012-08-30 7
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Heat 1 2012-08-30 4
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Heat 2 2016-09-08 4
Men's 100 m Backstroke S7 Final Round 2016-09-08 6