HAASE Camila

Date of Birth: 2 Feb 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S9,SB8,SM9

Place of birth: ALAJUELA

Birth Country:

Costa Rica

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Backstroke - S9
	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8
	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB8 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S9 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM9 Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
8	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:41.17
16	100m Backstroke - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:23.12
20	100m Butterfly - S9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:24.46
World Championships
4	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2017	Mexico City, MEX	1:37.23
8	100m Breaststroke - SB8	2019	London, GBR	1:35.00
8	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2017	Mexico City, MEX	3:07.93
10	400m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	5:56.39
11	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2019	London, GBR	3:00.41

Cami (Facebook profile, 03 Nov 2018)

Spending time with friends, drawing, painting, cooking. (besame.cr, 08 Mar 2018; assembly.malala.org, 06 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Architecture - University of Veritas, Costa Rica

Languages spoken:

English, German, Spanish

Rodrigo Rivas [personal]

2016 for Costa Rica, Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

She injured her right hand in 2018. (concrc.org, 20 Oct 2018)

She first tried swimming at age three in Costa Rica. (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

Her mother wanted her to learn how to swim. "After some time I liked it." (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (academiadenatacionlosdelfines.com, 16 Mar 2018)

Competing at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

Her family, and coach Rodrigo Rivas. (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

Philosophy:

"A sport must be practised with love and passion, and not as an obligation." (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017)

She was named Athlete of the Month in October 2018 by the Americas Paralympic Committee. (paralympic.org, 12 Nov 2018)

She lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 2018 National Games in Costa Rica. (paralympic.org, 04 Jul 2018)

She was flag bearer for Costa Rica at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Para Central American Games in Managua, Nicaragua. (concrc.org, 24 Jan 2018)

In 2017 she received the Colibri [Hummingbird] Award as the Best Para Swimmer in Costa Rica . (elguardian.cr, 14 Feb 2018)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB8, SM9 (IPC, 03 May 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (mariosegura.com, 21 Jul 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (nacion.com, 09 Feb 2018)

Impairment Details
Her left forearm was amputated 11 days after she was born. The umbilical cord had become wrapped around the limb while she was in her mother's womb. (nacion.com, 09 Feb 2018)

General
OTHER ROLES
She has been involved in promoting sport for people with an impairment through the Proud Paralympian programme. The scheme is run by the Agitos Foundation. "I hope that through the programme, the athletes can learn a little more about themselves and reach each goal that they have set. And that they can be the best they can be." (panamsports.org, 28 Feb 2019; paralympic.org, 13 Nov 2018)

Milestones

Her appearance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro made her the first female Costa Rican athlete in any sport to have competed at the Paralympic Games. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Dec 2017; mariosegura.com, 21 Jul 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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