Gia Pergolini
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| Born | February 3, 2004 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Stargardt disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Nick Graves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gia Pergolini (born February 3, 2004) is an American Paralympic swimmer who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Career[edit]
Pergolini made her international debut at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships where she won a silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke S13. She again represented the United States at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships where she won a silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke S13.[1] During the 2018 U.S. Paralympics Swimming Para National Championships, she set the American record in the 100 metre backstroke S13 with a time of 1:07.97.[2]
Pergolini, just 17 years old, competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke S13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where she set a world record with a time of 1:05.05 in the qualifying heats.[3] She broke the world record again in the finals with a time of 1:04.64, winning the gold medal.[4][5]
On April 14, 2022, Pergolini was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gia Pergolini". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ D'Addona, Dan (December 16, 2018). "Para Swimming Nationals: 20 Records on Final Night". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ "Swimming: Gia Pergolini". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ Price, Karen (August 25, 2021). "Coming In Hot, Teenage Swimmer Gia Pergolini Eyes A Podium Spot In 100 Backstroke". teamusa.org. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ Grunik, Katie (August 26, 2021). "Para Swimmers Anastasia Pagonis Gia Pergolini Win Team USAs First Golds In World Record Style". teamusa.org. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ Gowdy, Kristen (April 14, 2022). "U.S. Paralympics Swimming Nominates 25 athletes to World Championship Roster". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
External links[edit]
- Gia Pergolini at Team USA (archived)
- Gia Pergolini at the International Paralympic Committee
- Gia Pergolini at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Gia Pergolini at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website[dead link]
- 2004 births
- Living people
- American disabled sportspeople
- American female backstroke swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- World record holders in paralympic swimming
- Swimmers from Atlanta
- American people of Italian descent
- 21st-century American women
- S13-classified para swimmers