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.