SIMS Natalie

United States of America

Date of Birth: 6 Jun 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S9,SM9

Place of birth: EDINA, MN

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : EDINA, MN

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9	7
	Women's 400m Freestyle - S9	8
	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM9
	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts USA United States	DSQ

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S9 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S9 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S9 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM9 Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
8	400m Freestyle - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5:04.88
11	100m Freestyle - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:06.33
14	100m Backstroke - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:21.16
15	100m Butterfly - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:16.67
World Championships
1	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points	2017	Mexico City, MEX	4:38.21
1	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2017	Mexico City, MEX	5:19.23
3	50m Freestyle - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	30.29
3	100m Freestyle - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:05.95
3	400m Freestyle - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	5:11.33
5	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	2:49.64
7	100m Butterfly - S9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:18.85

Fishing, cycling, reading, yoga. (teamusa.org, 04 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Coach, Lifeguard

Communications, Sociology - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, United States

Languages spoken:

Minneapolis Otters [United States]

Sporting relatives:

Her cousin Dragomir Cioroslan won a bronze medal for Romania in weightlifting at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (teamusa.org, 01 Oct 2016)

She began swimming at age 13 at the Minneapolis Otters swim club in Minnesota, United States of America. (teamusa.org, 28 Jul 2015)

"I love to swim because it relieves stress. I like the sense of friendship it brings. I never knew that swimming came with such focus and techniques." (ywcampls.org, 04 Aug 2014)

Winning a gold medal in the 100m freestyle at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (wiacsports.com, 02 Jun 2020)

US gymnast Simone Biles. (wiacsports.com, 02 Jun 2020)

She listens to music before she competes. (ywcampls.org, 04 Aug 2014)

Philosophy:

"Working toward a goal makes me want to practise and try harder." (ywcampls.org, 04 Aug 2014)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB9, SM9 (IPC, 05 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (shrinershospitalsforchildren.org, 22 Aug 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (shrinershospitalsforchildren.org, 22 Aug 2016)

Impairment Details
She was born without her right hand. (shrinershospitalsforchildren.org, 22 Aug 2016)

General
COACH
She has served as a swim coach at YMCA Minnesota in the Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (Facebook profile, 26 Feb 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DSQ:: Disqualified

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