NOVINA Paula

Date of Birth: 4 Dec 2003

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Sport Class: SB8

Place of birth: ZAGREB

Birth Country:

Croatia

Place of residence : ZAGREB

Residence Country:

Croatia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
10	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2019	London, GBR	1:37.83
European Championships
5	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2020	Funchal, POR	1:33.19
5	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:44.37
12	100m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	1:16.21
DSQ	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2020	Funchal, POR	DSQ

Spending time with friends, reading. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Languages spoken:

Croatian, English

PK Natator [Zagreb, CRO]

Ferdinand Major [club], CRO; Igor Berislavic [national], CRO

2018 for Croatia (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

In March 2021 she missed the Croatian national championships due to injury. (Plivacki klub Natator Facebook page, 26 Mar 2021)

She was introduced to the water as a baby, and signed up to a swimming school in October 2010. She began competing in 2013. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018; natator.hr, 01 Jan 2016)

It was the first sport she tried and she enjoyed being in the water. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

To compete at the Paralympic Games. (PK Natator YouTube channel, 11 May 2017)

Finishing fifth in the SB8 100m breaststroke event at the 2018 European Championships in Dublin, Ireland. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019; paralympic.org, 19 Aug 2019)

Croatian Para swimmer Mihovil Spanja. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Croatian Para swimmer Mihovil Spanja, her mother. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"The best project you'll ever work on is you." (Instagram profile, 30 Jul 2019)

In 2018 and 2019 she was named the Most Successful Female Athlete by the Croatian Para Swimming Federation. (natator.hr, 01 Feb 2020)

She was named the 2014 Sporting Hope by the Croatian Paralympic Committee. (natator.hr, 01 Feb 2020)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB8, SM9 (IPC, 10 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Impairment Details
She was born with spastic hemiparesis, which results in the muscles on one side of the body being in a constant state of contraction. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

General
POSITIVE POSTPONEMENT
She says the postponement of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo will offer her a better chance of qualification. "Postponing the Paralympic Games increased my chance of reaching the A standard for the competition. In order for an athlete to go to the Games, in addition to the standard we must have a quota place. It is a very difficult path." (natator.hr, 01 Jun 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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