Gia Pergolini
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | February 3, 2004||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Stargardt disease | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nick Graves | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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[]
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]
References[]
- ^ "Gia Pergolini". teamusa.org. 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". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 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.
External links[]
- Gia Pergolini at TeamUSA.org
- Gia Pergolini at the International Paralympic Committee
- Gia Pergolini at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- Gia Pergolini at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
- 2004 births
- Living people
- American disabled sportspeople
- American female swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers of 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
- People from Atlanta
- American people of Italian descent
- 21st-century American women