Andreas Onea

Andreas Daniel Onea (born 9 July 1992)[1] is an Austrian Paralympic swimmer. He represented Austria at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. In 2016 he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 event.[2][3] His left arm got amputated after injuries sustained in a car accident.[4]

Andreas Onea
Onea in 2012
Personal information
Full nameAndreas Daniel Onea
Born9 July 1992 (1992-07-09) (age 27)
Sport
CountryAustria
SportParalympic swimming
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio 100 m breaststroke SB8
European Championships
2016 Funchal 100 m breaststroke SB8
2016 Funchal 200 m individual medley SB8
2018 Dublin 200 m individual medley S8
2018 Dublin 100 m butterfly S8

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 two medals: the silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke SB8 and the bronze medal in the 200m individual medley SB8 event.

At the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships held in Dublin, Ireland he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres butterfly S8 event and the silver medal in the men's 200 metres individual medley S8 event.

References
  1. "Andreas Onea". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-01.
  2. "Andreas Onea". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. "Austria's Onea on agonising four-year medal wait". paralympic.org. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. "How Andreas Onea turned an accident into action". European Commission. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.


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