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Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
1	100m Backstroke - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:05.44
2	100m Backstroke - S9	2019	London, GBR	1:01.83
3	400m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	4:17.53
4	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2019	London, GBR	2:19.81
4	400m Freestyle - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	4:43.39
4	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	2:28.43
11	100m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	57.67
European Championships
1	400m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	4:15.60
1	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2020	Funchal, POR	2:16.04
1	100m Backstroke - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:03.10
2	100m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	55.95
2	100m Backstroke - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	1:01.96
2	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2018	Dublin, IRL	2:21.19
8	100m Breaststroke - SB9	2020	Funchal, POR	1:15.90
10	100m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	59.86
11	400m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	4:35.45

Listening to music, playing sports. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

Athlete

Engineering - National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse [INSA], France

English, French, Spanish

Jeunesse Sportive Cugnaux Omnisports [FRA] / TOEC Dolphins [FRA]

Samuel Chaillou [Cugnaux]

2017 for France (Athlete, 01 Dec 2017)

He began swimming at age seven in Cugnaux, France. He took up Para swimming at age 14. (espaceadherent.mgefi.fr, 12 Mar 2018; Athlete, 01 Dec 2017; handisport.org, 24 Aug 2017; ladepeche.fr, 23 Feb 2016)

"I cannot run or jump. I loved sports since I was little, so I turned to swimming. An amputee swimmer told me about Para sport and I wanted to try it. Soon I was taking part in my first competitions." (teamosd.fr, 25 May 2018; Athlete, 01 Dec 2017; handisport.org, 24 Aug 2017)

To compete at the Paralympic Games in 2020 and 2024. (teamosd.fr, 25 May 2018; handisport.org, 24 Aug 2017)

Winning bronze in the S9 400m freestyle at the 2019 World Championships in London, England. (handisport.org, 22 Oct 2019)

French Para swimmers Sami el Gueddari, David Smetanine and Elodie Lorandi. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018; paralympic.org, 24 Aug 2018)

His parents, and coaches Samuel Chaillou and Guillaume Domingo. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2018)

At a competition when he was age 12 or 13, he broke his goggles in the changing room. Since then, he always has two pairs of goggles and two swim caps with him at competitions. (natation-handisport.org, 29 Mar 2019)