de ANDRADE Matias

Date of Birth: 22 Apr 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S6

Place of birth: MAR DEL PLATA

Birth Country:

Argentina

Place of residence : MAR DEL PLATA

Residence Country:

Argentina

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke - S6	2
	Men's 50m Butterfly - S6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Butterfly - S6 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S6 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S6 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
7	100m Backstroke - S7	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:16.43
12	100m Backstroke - S7	2012	London, GBR	1:16.74
World Championships
2	100m Backstroke - S7	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:15.39
3	100m Backstroke - S6	2019	London, GBR	1:16.91
4	100m Backstroke - S7	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:15.37
7	100m Backstroke - S7	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:16.50
9	100m Backstroke - S7	2010	Eindhoven, NED	1:19.75
15	200m Individual Medley - SM7	2015	Glasgow, GBR	3:07.00

Shiki (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Video games, card games, technology. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Science - National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club Atletico Independiente [Avellaneda, ARG]

Ezequiel Valdez, ARG; Federico Diez Andersen, ARG, from 2016

2009 for Argentina, World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Athlete, 26 Aug 2012)

He suffered from tendinopathy in 2016 which affected him for a year. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

He first began swimming at age five and took up Para swimming in 2004 in Cordoba, Argentina. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019; Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

He liked the sporting environment including the people and coaches that are involved in swimming. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

To win a Paralympic medal. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Winning gold in S6 100m backstroke at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, and silver in S7 100m backstroke at the 2017 World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Brazilian Para swimmer Daniel Dias. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Coach Edith Arraspide. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Pain is temporary. Glory is forever." (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

In 2019 he won the Lobo de Mar Award, the most prestigious sports award in Mar del Plata, Argentina. (lacapitalmdp.com, 08 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
S6, SB5, SM6 (IPC, 17 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Facebook profile, 25 Aug 2013)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)

Impairment Details
His right leg was amputated above the knee after he was born with agenesia. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019; Facebook profile, 25 Aug 2013)

Social Media

Legend

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

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