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Anais García Balmaña

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Anais Garcia Balmaña (born September 29, 1980 in Barcelona) is a swimmer from Spain. She has a disability: she is blind. When she was born, one eye had glaucoma and one eye was detached. She is an B1/S11 type swimmer. She raced at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. She was in the number 3 team to finish in the 4 x 100 meter medley 49 Points relay race. She raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. She was the number one swimmer to finish in the 100-meter freestyle and 400 meter freestyle races. She raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. She was the number one swimmer to finish in the 100-meter freestyle race. She competed at the IBSA World Blind Swimming Championships in 2003. She created 3 world records. One was in the 4x50 meter freestyle S11-S13 race. Another world record was in the 800-meter freestyle S11 race. The number three world record was in the 4x50 meter medley, S11-S13 race.[1]

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  1. "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2013.