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Michael Demarco

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United States of America
Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S3, SB2, SM3

Further personal information

Family
Wife Karen
Residence
San Diego, CA, USA
Languages
English
Higher education
Business Administration - San Diego State University: United States

Sport specific information

Why this sport?
He switched to swimming from athletics because it put less stress on his body. He then discovered that he was a natural at the sport.

General interest

Other sports
He has played cerebral palsy football at national level. (US Paralympics, 02 Mar 2010)
Impairment
He was born with cerebral palsy which affects his legs. (usparalympics.org, 16 Aug 2011; teamusa.org, 30 Mar 2015)

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Heat 1 4
Men's 100 m Freestyle S3 Heat 2 5
Men's 100 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 8
Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3 Heat 1 2
Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3 Final Round 8
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Heat 1 4
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 7
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Heat 2 5
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20pts Heat 1 5
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Heat 2 4
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Final Round 7
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Heat 1 2
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Final Round 3
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 6
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB3 Heat 1 4
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Heat 1 4
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Final Round 8
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts Final Round 9999
Men's 100 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 7
Men's 100 m Freestyle S3 Heat 1 4
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 7
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Heat 1 5
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 6
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Heats 6
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Final Round 3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 5
Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3 Heats (SM2/3) 9999
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Final Round 4
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts Final Round 3
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts Final Round 5
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Final Round 6
Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts Heat 1 5
Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3 Heat 1 5
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Final Round 3
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Heat 2 2
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Final Round 7
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Heat 1 4
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Heat 2 5
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Heat 2 2012-08-30 3
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Final Round 2012-08-30 5
Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3 Heat 1 2012-09-02 6
Men's 200 m Freestyle S4 Heat 1 2012-09-08 5
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Heat 1 2012-09-08 5
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Heat 2 2013-08-12 6
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Final 1 2013-08-12 6
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Final 1 2013-08-13 4
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Final 1 2013-08-14 8
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Heat 2 2013-08-14 8
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Final 1 2013-08-15 6
Men's 100 m Freestyle S3 Final 1 2013-08-16 6
Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3 Final 1 2013-08-17 6
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Heat 1 2015-07-13 6
Men's 200 m Freestyle S3 Heat 1 2015-07-13 9
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final 1 2015-07-13 6
Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3 Final 1 2015-07-15 7
Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 Heat 1 2015-07-16 11
Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Final 1 2015-07-17 4
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Heat 1 2015-07-18 8
Men's 50 m Backstroke S3 Final 1 2015-07-18 8