Danielle Campo

Danielle Campo
Personal information
Full name Danielle Campo
Nationality Canadian
Born (1985-01-04) January 4, 1985[1]
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Weight 99 lb (45 kg)[1]
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes butterfly, freestyle

Danielle Campo, OOnt, (born January 4, 1985) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer.

Career

Campo first competed for Canada at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in a world record time of 1:14.64,[2] gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in a Paralympic record time of 34.98,[3] silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:35.08[4] and with Jessica Sloan, Andrea Cole and Stéphanie Dixon won gold in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in a world record time of 4:38.01.[5]

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Campo won bronze in the 50 metre EAD freestyle. Competing against swimmers in other classifications, Campo covered the distance in a Games record time of 35.02,[6] 0.04 seconds over her target time.[7]

At the 2002 IPC World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Campo won gold in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 34.77,[8] gold in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.88[9] and silver in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:46.16.[10]

At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Campo won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle S7 in 35.17,[11] bronze in the 400 metre freestyle S7 in 5:39.13,[12] finished 4th in the 100 metre freestyle S7 in 1:15.97,[13] finished 11th in the 50 metre butterfly S7 in 48.56[14] and with Dixon, Cole and Anne Polinario won silver in the 4×100 metre freestyle 34pts in 4:41.70.[15]

Honours

For her sporting success, Campo was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 1992,[16] the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012[17] and in 2001 became a member of the Order of Ontario.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile of Danielle Campo". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Results of the women's 400 metre freestyle S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Results of the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle 34pts at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Results of the women's 50 metre EAD freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games. July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Results of the women's 50 metre EAD freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games". CGF. July 31, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Results of the women's 50 metre freestyle S7 at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships". swimrankings.net. December 10, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships". swimrankings.net. December 10, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Results of the women's 400 metre freestyle S7 at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships". swimrankings.net. December 10, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Results of the women's 50 metre freestyle S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 26, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Results of the women's 400 metre freestyle S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 23, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Results of the women's 100 metre freestyle S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 20, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Results of the women's 50 metre butterfly S7 at the 2004 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 25, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Results of the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle 34pts at the 2000 Summer Paralympics" (pdf). IPC. September 22, 2004. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Danielle Campo". Chancellery of Honours. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Danielle Campo". Chancellery of Honours. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Order of Ontario Appointees by year of Appointment". Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
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