Andreas Daniel Onea (born 9 July 1992)[1] is an Austrian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Austria at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020. In 2016, he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 event.[2][3]
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| Full name | Andreas Daniel Onea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 July 1992 (age 32) Zwettl, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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At the 2013 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 event. Two years later, at the 2015 World Championships, he won the bronze medal in the same event. At the 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships he won a silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke SB8 and a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley SB8 event.
At the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships he won a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres butterfly S8 event and a silver medal in the men's 200 metres individual medley S8 event.
In 2021, he represented Austria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Personal life
editHis left arm got amputated after injuries sustained in a car accident.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Andreas Onea". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Andreas Onea". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Austria's Onea on agonising four-year medal wait". paralympic.org. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "How Andreas Onea turned an accident into action". European Commission. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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