Marta Gómez (swimmer)

Marta Maria Gómez Battelli (born 22 December 1990) is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Marta Gómez Battelli
Personal information
Full nameMarta Maria Gómez Battelli
Nationality Spain
BornSeville, Spain
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
IPC World Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Montreal400m freestyle S13
IPC European Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Eindhoven400m freestyle S13

Swimming

Gómez is a classified swimmer and a 400-meter freestyle specialist.[2][3] She also swims the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter freestyle.[2] She is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC), and is a member of Club Náutico Sevilla.[2]

Gómez competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, where she earned bronze medals in the 200 meter freestyle and the 100 meter breaststroke.[4][5][6] In 2012, she was based at the High Performance Center, Madrid and was coached by José Luis Vaquero. She competed in the national winter swimming championships in Winter of 2011 where she set 14 national records. She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, after qualifying at the March 2012 national championships in Castellón. Despite meeting the minimum A qualifying time, she described her worst moment in sport as being when she found out that the number of spots for the 2012 Paralympics had been reduced.[2] Prior to heading to London, she participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from August sixth to August twenty third. Each day had a total of three training sessions, two in water, and one out of water. [7]

Gómez competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the Sabadell Swimming Club. She qualified for the World Championships 2012 at a competition where she won the 100[?] meter freestyle and 200 individual medley events in Spanish record times. She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships,[3][8][9] where she won a silver medal.[2] In 2013, she was working to qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2] In 2013, she was one of seven Paralympic sportspeople to get a 2013/2014 "Iberdrola Foundation Scholarship" that was awarded by the Spanish Paralympic Committee, Iberdrola Foundation, the Spanish Sports Council and the Spanish Ministry of Social Services and Equality. It provided her with €490 a month for the ten academic months of the year.[10][11]

Personal life

Gómez is from Seville, Andalusia.[12] She attended Universidad Complutense de Madrid where she worked on a degree in social work. In 2013, she was participating in her swimming career and continuing towards her degree. Most of her classes were in the morning, followed by six hours of training, and her evenings were spent studying.[2] Her sister assisted in managing her social media presence in 2013.[2] At the 2013 Municipal Sports Institute Seville Awards, she was named the best female athlete with a disability.

Gomez has a mild visual impairment.[2]

References
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  1. "Gómez Battelli, Marta Maria". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. "Marta G. Battelli: "Después de entrenar seis horas, aún tengo tiempo de estudiar y hacer prácticas"" (in Spanish). Eldesmarque.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  3. Estadio deportivo (2013-02-27). "Marta Gσmez, en busca de ser finalista en el Mundial de Nataciσn Paralνmpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Estadio deportivo. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. "La nadadora valenciana Anna Ortiz, campeona de Europa de 50 metros braza" (in Spanish). Spain: elperiodic.com. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  5. RTVE.es - BERLÍN (ALEMANIA) (2011-07-05). "España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. "Teresa Perales suma su segunda plata en Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: Aragondigital.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. "Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridad Digital. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  8. "Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Extremaduradehoy.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  9. Agencia EFE. "Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldiariomontanes.es. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  10. "Siete deportistas paralímpicos reciben las 'Becas fundación Iberdrola'" (in Spanish). Spain: El Confidencial. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. "Susana Rodríguez recibe una beca de la Fundación Iberdrola". Atlantico.net. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  12. Malagaes.com (2013-07-18). "Noticias de Málaga : La andaluza Marta Gómez logra su segunda medalla de bronce en el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica — MALAGAES.COM 05/07/2011" (in Spanish). Spain: Malagaes.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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