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Ana García-Arcicollar
Personal information |
Nationality |
Spain |
Born |
(1982-05-28) 28 May 1982 (age 42)
Madrid, Spain |
Sport |
Sport |
Swimming |
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Women's swimming |
Representing Spain |
Paralympic Games |
Bronze |
1996 Atlanta |
100 m backstroke B2 |
Bronze |
1996 Atlanta |
200 m breaststroke B2 |
Bronze |
1996 Atlanta |
4x100 m medley B1-3 |
Silver |
2000 Sydney |
400 m freestyle S12 |
Bronze |
2000 Sydney |
100 m butterfly S12 |
Gold |
2004 Athens |
400 m freestyle S12 |
Bronze |
2004 Athens |
100 m butterfly S12 |
Silver |
2008 Beijing |
100 m butterfly S12 |
World Championships |
Silver |
2002 Mar del Plata |
100 m backstroke S12 |
Silver |
2006 Durban |
400 m freestyle S12 |
Bronze |
2006 Durban |
100 m backstroke S12 |
Bronze |
2006 Durban |
100 m Butterfly S12 |
Bronze |
2006 Durban |
5,000 m open water |
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Ana Garcia-Arcicollar Vallejo (born 28 May 1982) is a Spanish teacher and a vision impaired B2/S12 swimmer. She has a vision impairment because of a congenital disease. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze in the 4 X 100 meter medley 49 points S11 - S13 race, the 200 meter breaststroke race and the 100 meter backstroke race. She competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, winning a silver in the 400 meter freestyle race, and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly race. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold in the 400 meter freestyle race, and a bronze in the 100 meter butterfly race. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver in the 100 meter butterfly race. She also raced at the IBSA World Games in São Paulo, Brazil. She raced at the 2006 World Swimming Championship in Durban, South Africa and the II IBSA World Blind Championships in 2003 in Quebec, Canada. She set world records in the 2003 races in the 4 X 50 meter Freestyle S11 - S13 race, the 800 meter freestyle S12 race and the 4 X 50 meter medley S11 - S13 race.
See also
In Spanish: Ana García-Arcicollar para niños