Guillermo Marro

Guillermo Marro
Personal information
Full nameGuillermo Osvaldo Marro
Nickname(s)Magcin, Guille, El Delfin
Born (1983-07-01) 1 July 1983
Pergamino, Argentina
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Argentina
SportParalympic swimming
DisabilityArthrogryposis
Disability classS7
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Argentina
Paralympic Games
2004 Athens 100m backstroke S7
2000 Sydney Men's 100m backstroke S7
2008 Beijing 100m backstroke S7
World Championships
2006 Durban Men's 100m backstroke S7
2002 Mar del Plata Men's 100m backstroke S7
Parapan American Games
2003 Mar del Plata Men's 50m freestyle S7
2003 Mar del Plata Men's 100m backstroke S7
2011 Guadalajara Men's 100m backstroke S7
2003 Mar del Plata Men's 50m butterfly S7
2015 Toronto Men's 100m backstroke S7

Guillermo Osvaldo Marro (born 1 July 1983) is an Argentine Paralympic swimmer who competes in international elite events. He specialises in backstroke swimming. He is a triple Paralympic medalist, double World medalist and a triple Parapan American Games champion. He is highly regarded as Argentina's most successful Paralympic swimmer.[1][2][3]

In 2014, Marro became the first Argentine Paralympic swimmer to cross the English Channel, he completed the swimming course in over fourteen hours. He swam as part of a team with Scott Patterson and Pedro Rangel who were double leg amputees, Moises Fuentes who is a paraplegic and Enrique Guerrero who has a below the knee amputation.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Guillermo Marro - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Guillermo Marro: a swimmer with no limits (in Spanish)". Universidad. 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Guillermo Marro: I dream of my sixth Paralympic Game in Tokyo (in Spanish)". Rugido Sagrado. 10 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Marro and his fifth Paralympics (in Spanish)". paradeportes.com. 1 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Local swimmer makes history". The Drayton Valley Western Review. 22 July 2014.