Lorena Homar López
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Nationality | Spanish |
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Country | Spain |
Sport | Swimming |
Lorena Homar López is an SM5 classified Spanish swimmer who has represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
Personal[]
When Homar was four years old, both of her legs were amputated because of complications related to getting meningitis.[1]
Swimming[]
Homar is an SM5 classified swimmer.[2] She started swimming when she was four years old.[1]
In 2007, Homar competed at the IDM German Open.[3] Eindhoven, Netherlands hosted the 2010 IPC World Swimming Championships at which she competed. Failing to make the finals, she finished tenth in 100 meter breaststroke.[4] In another event at the Worlds, she won a bronze in a 200-meter medley race with a time of 4'13"71.[4][5][6][7][8][9] She was one of four Spanish swimmers at the World Championships that were affiliated with , an institute created by the Government of the Balearic Islands intended to provide an education to elite high-performance sportspeople.[4][10] Homar set a minimum Spanish qualifying time for the London Paralympic Games at the Son Hugo Municipal Swimming Pool in February 2012.[2] She competed at the 2012 Spanish National Championships.[1] That year, she was coached by , and trained with Xavi Torres, Esther Morales Fernández and Alejandro Sánchez.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics,[11] and had a seventh-place finish in a 200-meter freestyle race with a time of 4'03"16.[12][13][14] In 2013, she competed in the Championship of Spain by Autonomous Open Paralympic Swimming, where she represented the Balearic Islands.[15]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "´Me veo capaz de alcanzar la final en los 200 metros estilos, mi prueba" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Mallorca. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ a b "Lorena Homar y Xavier Torres consiguen las mĂnimas exigidas por el ComitĂŠ ParalĂmpico EspaĂąol" (in Spanish). Spain: dxtadaptado.com. 2012-02-14. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
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(help) - ^ a b c "Quinta posición para Esther Morales y séptima para Xavi Torres en el Mundial de Natación Paralímpica | General" (in Spanish). Spain: Deporte Balear. 2013-12-01. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "EspaĂąa tiene en su palmarĂŠs seis medallas mĂĄs en el Mundial ParalĂmpico | IntereconomĂa | 332527" (in Spanish). Spain: Intereconomia.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "España alcanza las 19 medallas" (in Spanish). Spain: MARCA.com. 2010-08-18. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Informatiu Balear - 31/08/12, Informatiu balear — RTVE.es A la Carta" (in Spanish). Spain: Rtve.es. 2012-08-31. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ ABC (2010-08-26). "Recepción oficial a la nadadora Lorena Homar, bronce en campeonatos del mundo — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ Publicado por admin. "Lorena Homar en "Punto de Acceso" | Ultima Hora Radio Mallorca" (in Spanish). Spain: Ultimahorapuntoradio.com. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Informació" (in Spanish). Spain: Ies Cteib. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos" (in Spanish). Frecuenciadigital.es. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Juegos Paralímpicos. Nueva medalla de Teresa Perales | Natación" (in Spanish). Spain: Lacorchera.com. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad" (in Spanish). Spain: Servimedia.es. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- ^ "Seis deportistas baleares competirán en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Mallorca Confidencial. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic swimmers of Spain
- Living people