Anne Polinario
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1979 Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anne Cecile Polinario (born 5 August 1979) is an S10 classified Canadian para swimmer. Born to parents on the Cuban national swimming team, she caught on and competed for Canada in the same sport. Polinario has competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Polinario was born on 5 August 1979 in Havana, Cuba and now resides in Montreal, Quebec. She had foot drop in her left foot at birth. She started swimming at a young age and later moved to Canada as a teenager. She made it into the Canadian national swimming team, while her mother and father Rafael Polinario were in the Cuban national swimming team.[1]
Career
[edit]Polinario first competed at 2000 Sydney, where she won three bronze medals in the 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, and 50m freestyle races. At 2004 Athens, she won three gold and two silver medals. "I was pretty happy. I had a bit of tears in my eyes. It was pretty emotional for sure,"[2] she said after she won her first Paralympic gold medal. In her final Paralympics appearance, at 2008 Beijing, she competed in three races but only won one medal, a gold. "I was disappointed with my first two races so I'm glad to finish with a victory, It was a very good race for me. But I'll need to work harder to get that world record," she said after her victory.[3][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Anne Polinario | Canadian Paralympic Committee". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Canadian gold rush". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Swim Ontario". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ "Paralympic Results". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- 1979 births
- Paralympic gold medalists for Canada
- Paralympic silver medalists for Canada
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Canadian female backstroke swimmers
- Canadian female freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers from Havana
- Swimmers from Montreal
- Sportswomen from Quebec
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- S10-classified para swimmers
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Paralympic swimmers for Canada
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Parapan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Swimmers at the 2007 Parapan American Games
