Summer Schmit Explained

Summer Schmit
Disability Class:S9, SB9, SM9
Sport:Paralympic swimming
Club:Saint Croix Swim Club
Birth Date:8 August 2003
Birth Place:Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Hometown:Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.
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Summer Schmit (born August 8, 2003) is an American Paralympic swimmer who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Schmit made her international debut for the United States at the 2019 Parapan American Games, where she won a silver medal in the 200 metre individual medley and a bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke SB9 event.[1]

Schmit represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where she finished in fifth place in the 200 metre individual medley SM9, sixth place in the 100 metre butterfly S9 and seventh place in the 400 metre freestyle S9 events.[2]

On April 14, 2022, Schmit was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.[3] On June 16, 2022, she won her first World Championships medal, a bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle S9 event with a personal best time of 4:51.47.[4]

Personal life

Schmit was born with a congenital disarticulation of the right wrist and has no right hand.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USOPC Announces 2019 Parapan American Swimming Team . swimmingworldmagazine.com . Diana . Pimer . August 13, 2019 . June 17, 2022.
  2. Web site: Local athlete to swim in Tokyo Paralympics . White Bear Press . Bruce . Strand . July 14, 2021 . June 17, 2022.
  3. Web site: U.S. Paralympics Swimming Nominates 25 athletes to World Championship Roster . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516011227/https://www.teamusa.org/USParaSwimming/Features/2022/April/14/US-Paralympics-Swimming-Nominates-25-athletes-to-World-Championship-Roster . dead . May 16, 2022 . teamusa.org . Kristen . Gowdy . April 14, 2022 . June 17, 2022.
  4. Web site: Stillwater's Summer Schmit wins bronze in Para Swimming World Championships . . June 16, 2022 . June 17, 2022.
  5. Web site: Summer Schmit . https://web.archive.org/web/20210620105628/https://www.teamusa.org/usparaswimming/athletes/Summer-Schmit . dead . June 20, 2021 . TeamUSA.org . June 17, 2022.