Cecilia Camellini

Personal information

Nationality

Italian

Born

10 March 1992
Modena, Italy

Sport

Country

Italy

Sport

Paralympic swimming

Disability

Visually impaired

Disability class

S11

Club

ASD Tricolore

Coached by

Alessandro Cocchi

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

100m Freestyle S11: 1:07.29
100m Backstroke S11: 1:19.64

Medal record

Paralympic Games
Gold	2012 London	50 m freestyle S11
Gold	2012 London	100 m freestyle S11
Silver	2008 Beijing	50 m freestyle S11
Silver	2008 Beijing	100 m freestyle S11
Bronze	2012 London	400 m freestyle S11
Bronze	2012 London	100 m backstroke S11

Cecilia Camellini (born in Modena on 10 March 1992) is a visually-impaired, born blind, Paralympic swimmer of Italy. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics she won two silver medals.^[1] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics she won two gold in world record time,^[2] and two bronze medals.

Biography

Blind since birth, started swimming at the age of three years.^[3]

World records

100m Freestyle S11: 1:07.29 ( London, 31 August 2012)
100m Backstroke S11: 1:19.64 ( Berlin, 28 June 2012)

Others achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
2010	IPC Swimming World Championships	Eindhoven	1st	100m Freestyle S11	1:08.56	^[4]
			1st	100m Backstroke S11	1:19.78	^[5]
			2nd	200m Individual Medley SM11	2:58.17
			2nd	50m Freestyle S11	31.85

References

↑ IPC bio
↑ Radio New Zealand
↑ "BigB.TV - Cecilia Camellini". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
↑ "World Records Fill Day 3 of Swimming Championships". paralympic.org. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
↑ "IPC Swimming World Championships: Mallory Weggemann Finishes Meet With Nine World Records, Eight Gold Medals". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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