Arjola Trimi

Arjola Trimi (born 15 March 1987) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer competing in S4 classification events.[1] She made her major international debut at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, where she won four medals.[2] A year later she became European champion in her classification in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events. In 2015, she won her first World gold taking the 50m backstroke title at the World Games in Glasgow.[2]

Arjola Trimi
Personal information
Born (1987-03-15) 15 March 1987
Milan, Italy
Sport
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS4
ClubPol Bresciana No Frontiere
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Italy
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio 50 m freestyle S4
World Championships
2015 Glasgow 50m backstroke S4
2019 London 50m Freestyle S4
2019 London 100m Freestyle S4
2013 Montreal 4×50m freestyle relay
2013 Montreal50m freestyle S4
2015 Glasgow 50m freestyle S4
2013 Montreal 100m freestyle S4
2013 Montreal 200m freestyle S4
2019 London 150m Individual Medley SM4
2019 London 50m Backstroke S4
European Championships
2014 Eindhoven50m freestyle S4
2014 Eindhoven100m freestyle S4
2014 Eindhoven200m freestyle S4
2016 Funchal50 m freestyle S4
2016 Funchal100 m freestyle S4
2016 Funchal200 m freestyle S4
2016 Funchal50 m backstroke S4
2016 FunchalMixed 50m medley relay 20pts
2016 FunchalMixed 50m freestyle relay 20pts
2014 Eindhoven4x50m relay 20pts
2016 Funchal50 m breaststroke SB3

Personal history

Trimi was born in Milan, Italy. She has an acquired form of degenerative muscular condition which has resulted in quadriplegia and muscle contractions.[2][3]

Swimming career

Trimi learnt to swim as a baby, but always saw it as a hobby that helped her relax. She took part in several sports, such as wheelchair basketball and athletics, but it was not until her medical condition worsened that she turned to swimming as a competitive event.[3] She took up swimming competitively in 2013 and was initially classified as a S5 athlete; but was reclassified soon after as S4.[3] That same year she was chosen to represent Italy at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.[2] There she won four medals: silvers in the 50m freestyle and the 50m 4x50 freestyle relay, and bronze in both the 100m and 200m freestyle S4 races.

In 2014, she won her first senior international gold medals, becoming European champion in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven.[2] A year later she was back in the Italian squad, this time in the World Championships in Glasgow. Trimi won two medals, a silver in the 50m Freestyle and gold in the 50m backstroke, making her World champion in the event.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Biography overview:Trimi, Arjola". IPC. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. "Trimi, Arjola". paralympic.org. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. Arrigoni, Claudio (16 August 2013). "Il triplete di Arjola. Tre medaglie in tre finali per la Trimi al suo primo Mondiale di nuoto" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 May 2016.

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