Carla Casals

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Carla Casals
Personal information
Nationality Spain
Born (1987-02-06) 6 February 1987 (age 37)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
IPC World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montreal 200m medley SM12
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Mar del Plata 100m breaststroke SB12
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Eindhoven 100m butterfly S12
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Montreal 100m butterfly S12
IPC World Championships 25m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rio de Janeiro 200m breaststroke SB12
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rio de Janeiro 100m medley SM12
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Reikjavik 100 breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Reikjavik 100 butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Eindhoven 100m breaststroke SB12

Carla Casals (born 6 February 1987) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain.[1]

Personal

Casals is from the Catalan region of Spain.[2][3] Living at the High Performance Centre (CAR) of San Cugat del Vallés in 2013, she shared a room with an Olympic athlete.[4][5]

Swimming

Casals is an S12 classified swimmer.[2][3] She is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC).[6]

In 2007, Casals competed at the IDM German Open.[7] Casals won a gold medal at the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championships.[8] She was one of 42 Spanish team members, of which 22 had physical disabilities, 6 had cerebral palsy, 10 were blind and four had intellectual disabilities.[9] Casals competed at the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands, where she won a gold medal.[10][11] She finished seventh in the 100 meter backstroke.[12]

In 2011, Casals trained with Deborah Font Jimenez.[13] She competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, finishing fifth in the 200 meter freestyle and fourth in the 100 meter breaststroke.[13][14] In 2012, Casals competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities. She finished first in the 100 meter butterfly event and second in the SB23 100 meter breaststroke event.[2][15] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where she finished eighth in the 200 meter individual medley, fourth in the 100 meter butterfly, and sixth in the 100 meter breastroke.[6][16] Prior to heading to London, she participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session.[17] Casals competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the Sabadell Swimming Club, where she was one of nine Spanish swimmers to set a qualifying time for the World Championships.[18] She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[3][19][20][21][22] From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Casals, Carla". IPC. Retrieved 25 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c "Tres récords nacionales en el Campeonato de España por Comunidades Autónomas de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Extremaduradehoy.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ "La compañera de habitación de Melani Costa" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. ^ "La nadadora paralímpica Julia Castelló, "muy contenta" de que Melani Costa le dedicara la medalla del Mundial de Barcelona - Crónica Social" (in Spanish). Spain: Cronicasocial.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Los mejores nadadores paralímpicos disputan el Campeonato de España en Murcia — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ "España se marcha de los Europeos Paralímpicos con 51 medallas | Solidaridad" (in Spanish). Spain: elmundo.es. 2009-10-27. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  9. ^ "LORCA / El lorquino Kevin Méndez disputa en Islandia el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: murcia.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  10. ^ "38 españoles en el Mundial de natación paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 2010-08-14. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  11. ^ "El Mundial de Natación Paralímpica reúne en Holanda a los 38 mejores españoles — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  12. ^ "España acaba con 26 medallas las competiciones de piscina en el Mundial de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Teleprensa.es. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  13. ^ a b News Editor (2013-07-31). "La nadadora valenciana Anna Ortiz, campeona de Europa de 50 metros braza" (in Spanish). Spain: elperiodic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ "Españoles logran siete medallas, tres de oro, en jornada inaugural en Berlín. NATACIÓN-PARALÍMPICA CTO.EUROPA" (in Spanish). Spain: Terra.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Castellón acoge a los mejores nadadores en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  16. ^ "Miguel Luque suma el único metal del día. Natación/Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). Spain: Terra.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  17. ^ "Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridad Digital. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "Un Campeonato de Cataluña de Natación de récords — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  19. ^ Agencia EFE. "Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldiariomontanes.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  20. ^ "Plan renove" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  21. ^ "Deporte. Michelle alonso, sarai gascón y sebastián rodríguez, grandes favoritos españoles en el mundial de natación paralímpica – Juegos paralímpicos – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Juegos paralímpicos en lainformacion.com" (in Spanish). Spain: Noticias.lainformacion.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  22. ^ "España busca ser potencia en los Mundiales para Discapacitados" (in Spanish). Spain: Europapress.es. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  23. ^ "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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