Lorena Homar López Explained
Lorena Homar López |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Sport: | Swimming |
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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. She started swimming when she was four years old.[1]
In 2007, Homar competed at the IDM German Open.[2] 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.[3] In another event at the Worlds, she won a bronze in a 200-meter medley race with a time of 4'13"71.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] She was one of four Spanish swimmers at the World Championships that were affiliated with CTEIB, an institute created by the Government of the Balearic Islands intended to provide an education to elite high-performance sportspeople.[3] [9] Homar set a minimum Spanish qualifying time for the London Paralympic Games at the Son Hugo Municipal Swimming Pool in February 2012.[10] She competed at the 2012 Spanish National Championships.[1] That year, she was coached by Toni Pomar, 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: ´Me veo capaz de alcanzar la final en los 200 metros estilos, mi prueba . Diario de Mallorca . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain.
- Web site: Berlin, Germany. Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen. de. Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin.
- Web site: Quinta posición para Esther Morales y séptima para Xavi Torres en el Mundial de Natación Paralímpica | General . Deporte Balear . 2013-12-01 . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain.
- Web site: EspaĂąa tiene en su palmarĂŠs seis medallas mĂĄs en el Mundial ParalĂmpico | IntereconomĂa | 332527 . Intereconomia.com . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101233126/http://www.intereconomia.com/noticias-gaceta/deporte/espana-tiene-palmares-seis-medallas-mas-mundial-paralimpico . January 1, 2014 .
- Web site: España alcanza las 19 medallas . MARCA.com . 2010-08-18 . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain.
- Web site: Informatiu Balear - 31/08/12, Informatiu balear — RTVE.es A la Carta . Rtve.es . 2012-08-31 . December 24, 2013 . es. Spain.
- Web site: ABC . Recepción oficial a la nadadora Lorena Homar, bronce en campeonatos del mundo — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias . ABC.es . 2010-08-26 . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain.
- Web site: Publicado por admin . Lorena Homar en "Punto de Acceso" | Ultima Hora Radio Mallorca . Ultimahorapuntoradio.com . December 24, 2013 . Spain . es .
- Web site: Informació . Ies Cteib . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113202/http://www.iescteib.org/wordpress/ies-cteib/informacio/ . December 24, 2013 .
- Web site: Lorena Homar y Xavier Torres consiguen las mĂnimas exigidas por el ComitĂŠ ParalĂmpico EspaĂąol. . dxtadaptado.com . 2012-02-14 . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain.
- Web site: Frecuencia Digital Debutan el Atletismo y La Roja de Fútbol 5 en los Parlímpicos . Frecuenciadigital.es . 2013-11-23 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032545/http://www.frecuenciadigital.es/especiales/londres12/paralimpicos/destacados/14123-debutan-el-atletismo-y-la-roja-de-futbol-5-en-los-parlimpicos.html . 2013-12-03 .
- Web site: Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso . Diario de Avisos . December 24, 2013. es. Spain.
- Web site: Juegos Paralímpicos. Nueva medalla de Teresa Perales | Natación . Lacorchera.com . December 24, 2013 . Spain . es .
- Web site: Servimedia-Noticias-Sociedad . Servimedia.es . December 24, 2013 . Spain . es . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101212731/http://www.servimedia.es/Noticias/DetalleNoticia.aspx?seccion=23&id=244127 . dead .
- Web site: Seis deportistas baleares competirán en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica . Mallorca Confidencial . December 24, 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225175121/http://mallorcaconfidencial.com/20130308_103211-seis-deportistas-baleares-competiran-en-el-campeonato-de-espana-de-natacion-paralimpica.html . December 25, 2013 .