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Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago

Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago

Brazilian Paralympic swimmer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is Santiago.

Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago (born 2 August 1985), also known as Carol Santiago, is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won five medals, including three gold medals.[1][2][3]

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Life

Santiago has a congenital eye condition called morning glory syndrome which is a defect in her optic nerve, she is partially sighted in her left eye but doesn't have peripheral vision in her right eye. She began swimming aged four and took part in able-bodied swimming competitions and open water swimming aged twelve. By the age of seventeen, she was completely blind for eight months due to accumulation of water in her retina and stopped swimming. She went back to swimming a decade later aged 27 and started to swim competitively again and in 2019 at the Caixa Open, she broke the Brazilian national record in the 50m freestyle that was set by Fabiana Sugimori at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.[4] During the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she was the gold medalist in the 50 m freestyle S13, the 100 m freestyle S12 and the 100 m breaststroke S12, becoming the first Brazilian female swimmer to win three gold medals in the same edition of the Games. [5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Swimming GOMES SANTIAGO Maria Carolina". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Maria Santiago - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 5 August 2020.[dead link]
  3. [3]
    "Brazil wins its second gold at the World Para Swimming Championships". Parapandelima. 13 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    "Estreante em competicoes internacionais Carol Santiago bate recorde mundial nos 100m peito no segundo dia do Open Loteria Caixa (in Portuguese)". Rede Nacional do Esporte. 26 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Carol Santiago leva 3º ouro e deixa Tóquio como maior medalhista do Brasil em uma edição (in Portuguese)". Globo Esporte. 1 September 2021.
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