Cecilia Camellini

Cecilia Camellini

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1992-03-10) 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 2012 London 50 m freestyle S11 2012 London 100 m freestyle S11 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle S11 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle S11 2012 London 400 m freestyle S11 2012 London 100 m backstroke S11 2016 Rio 400 m freestyle S11 IPC European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S11 2016 Funchal 100 m freestyle S11 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle – S11 2016 Funchal 400 m freestyle S11 2016 Funchal 50 m freestyle S11 2016 Funchal 100 m backstroke S11

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

Camellini is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.

Biography

Blind since birth, started swimming at the age of three years.

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
			1st	100m Backstroke S11	1:19.78
			2nd	200m Individual Medley SM11	2:58.17
			2nd	50m Freestyle S11	31.85

See also

• List of IPC world records in swimming – Women's long course
• Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Cecilia Camellini at the International Paralympic Committee
• Cecilia Camellini at IPC.InfostradaSports.com