Simone Barlaam
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| Born | 12 July 2000 Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Congenital hypoplasia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Polha Varese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Simone Barlaam (born 12 July 2000) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer of American descent who competes in international level events. He is a six time World champion and four time European champion.[1]
Personal life
Barlaam was born with a coxa vara and congenital hypoplasia in his right femur which means that his right leg doesn't develop resulting in his right leg shorter than his left leg. This was caused by doctors who performed to move him into a podalic position while he was in utero but his leg broke which doctors knew nothing about. During his childhood, he went through thirteen surgeries to correct his right leg.[2]
Swimming career
Barlaam began Paralympic swimming when he was fifteen years old and won his first medals at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City. He swims and trains with other able-bodied swimmers.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Simone Barlaam - IPC Profile". ipc.infostradasports.com. 7 September 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The story of Barlaam: "I'm not a Paralympic athlete but an athlete and that's it"". xsport.news. 16 September 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Simone Barlaam, a Fighting Fish in Search of Tokyo 2020". iItaly. 12 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Simone Barlaam, para swimmer, more world records". The Tartan. 29 September 2019.
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