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Mina Marie Heyerdal Klausen

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Classification
S7, SB7, SM7

Further personal information

Residence
Norway
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Languages
English, Norwegian, Spanish

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming as a small child but took a break to try other sports. She returned to the pool several years later, and began swimming seriously in 2009 in Norway.
Why this sport?
She saw an opportunity to compete with herself and other people with the same impairment.
Club / Team
Baerumsvommerne: Norway
Name of coach
Morten Eklund [national], NOR

International debut

Year
2011
Competing for
Norway
Location
Denmark

General interest

Nicknames
Mini (teamsolli.com, 03 Nov 2015)
Memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)
Most influential person in career
Her mother. (Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)
Hero / Idol
Norwegian swimmers Sarah Louise Rung and Alexander Dale Oen. (Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"The only easy day was yesterday." (Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)

Results

Unit Date Rank
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 Heat 1 2012-08-30 8
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 Heat 2 2012-09-01 9999
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 Final 1 2013-08-13 5
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 Final 1 2013-08-15 5
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 Heat 2 2015-07-14 7
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB7 Final 1 2015-07-14 6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 Heat 2 2015-07-16 7
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 Final 1 2015-07-16 8
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 Final 1 2015-07-18 7
Women's 100 m Backstroke S7 Heat 1 2015-07-18 8