Karolina Hamer
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Born | Tychy, Poland | 12 February 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | College of Humanities, Wroclaw, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Paraparesis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S4, SB4, SM4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | START Katowice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ninomyslaw Jakubczyk Wojciech Seidel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karolina Hamer (born 12 February 1981) is a Polish Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She is also a disability rights activist.[1][2][3]
Personal life[]
In 2018 she publicly came out as bisexual becoming the first active Polish sportswoman to do so.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Karolina Hamer - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Karolina Hamer - z cykly "Znani Tyszanie" odc. 33 (in Polish)". Tychy News. 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Karolina Hamer: Panstwo proponuje mi zycie za 1200 zlotych. Co jeszcze moge dla ciebie zrobic, Polsko? (in Polish)". kobieta.onet.pl. 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Pierwszy coming out w polskim sporcie. Pływaczka powiedziała, że jest biseksualna" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Tychy
- Paralympic swimmers of Poland
- LGBT sportspeople from Poland
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships