Christina Næss is a Faroese swimmer. She is the only person ever to have won a gold medal for the Faroe Islands at the Paralympic Games.[1]
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
Classifications | C3 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Næss represented the Faroe Islands at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, competing in two swimming events. She medalled in both, taking gold in the 100 metre backstroke (C3 disability category), and silver in the 400 metre freestyle (C3-4).
References
edit- ^ Faroe Islands at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
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