Betiana Basualdo
Betiana Basualdo (born May 12, 1976) is an Argentinian S2 para-swimmer. She has won two gold medals, three silver medals, and six bronze medals between the Paralympic Games and IPC Swimming World Championships.
Career[edit]
Basualdo was born on May 12, 1976, in Buenos Aires.[1] Basualdo made her Paralympic debut for Argentina during the 1996 Summer Paralympics at the age of 18. She won three medals during the games; a silver medal in the women’s 50m freestyle, bronze in the 50m backstroke, and gold in the 100m freestyle.[2] Following this, Basualdo competed at the 1998 IPC Swimming World Championships where she won a silver medal in the women's 200 meter freestyle and bronze in the women's 50 meter backstroke.[3]
After failing to medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics,[3] Basualdo won three bronze medals at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Argentina.[4] Basualdo eventually returned to the Paralympic podium in 2004 after placing third in the women's 100 m freestyle behind Spain's Sara Carracelas García and Great Britain's Danielle Watts.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Nuestros Delfines en Juegos Paralímpicos de Pekín – 2008" (in Spanish). Natacion. March 15, 2006. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ^ "Throwback Thursday: Argentina's Betiana Basualdo". Paralympics. June 15, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "Betiana Basualdo". Paralympics. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ^ "2002 IPC Swimming World Championships" (PDF). Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ^ "Results Archive: Athens 2004". Paralympics. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Swimmers from Buenos Aires
- Paralympic athletes for Argentina
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Paralympic silver medalists for Argentina
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- S2-classified para swimmers
- 20th-century Argentine women