Simone Barlaam

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| caption = Barlaam in 2019

| nationality = Italian

| sport = Paralympic swimming

|disability = Congenital hypoplasia

|disability_class = S9

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| club = Polha Varese

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|7|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

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| height = 1.93m

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| country = {{ITA}}

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|Paralympics |4|3|1

|World Championships |18|2|1

|European Championships |8|2|1

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Simone Barlaam (born 12 July 2000) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He is a thirteen time World champion and eight time European champion.{{Cite web|date=7 September 2020|title=Simone Barlaam - IPC Profile|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=1650567&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1|website=ipc.infostradasports.com|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903064630/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=1650567&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=17 August 2020|title=Italian Para swimmer Barlaam sets three world records at national meeting|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1097435/para-swimmer-sets-world-records|access-date=29 August 2021|website=www.insidethegames.biz}} He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal.{{Cite web|date=29 August 2021|title=Simone Barlaam Has Won #gold in #ParaSwimming - Men's 50m Freestyle - S9 at the ... - Latest Tweet by Tokyo Olympics 2020 | 🏆 LatestLY|url=https://www.latestly.com/socially/sports/simone-barlaam-has-won-gold-in-paraswimming-mens-50m-freestyle-s9-at-the-latest-tweet-by-tokyo-olympics-2020-2792837.html|access-date=29 August 2021|website=LatestLY|language=en}}

Personal life

Barlaam was born with a coxa vara and congenital hypoplasia in his right femur which means that his right leg doesn't develop resulting in his right leg shorter than his left leg. Coxa vara was caused by doctors who performed a podalic version procedure while he was in utero but his leg broke which doctors knew nothing about. During his childhood, he went through thirteen surgeries to correct his right leg.{{Cite web|date=16 September 2019|title=The story of Barlaam: "I'm not a Paralympic athlete but an athlete and that's it"|url=https://x-sport.news/the-story-of-barlaam-im-not-an-athlete-paralympic-but-an-athlete-and-thats-it/|website=xsport.news|access-date=7 September 2020|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903064629/https://x-sport.news/the-story-of-barlaam-im-not-an-athlete-paralympic-but-an-athlete-and-thats-it/|url-status=dead}}

Swimming career

Barlaam began Paralympic swimming when he was fifteen years old and won his first medals at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City. He swims and trains with other able-bodied swimmers.{{Cite web|date=12 February 2019|title=Simone Barlaam, a Fighting Fish in Search of Tokyo 2020|url=http://www.iitaly.org/magazine/focus/life-people/article/simone-barlaam-fighting-fish-in-search-tokyo-2020|website=iItaly}}{{Cite web|date=29 September 2019|title=Simone Barlaam, para swimmer, more world records|url=http://thetartan.org/2019/9/23/sports/para-swimming|website=The Tartan}}{{Cite web|title=Simone Barlaam - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile|url=https://www.paralympic.org/simone-barlaam|access-date=2021-08-29|website=International Paralympic Committee|language=en}}

References

External links

{{IPC profile|simone-barlaam}}
{{CIP profile|barlaam-simone}}
[https://olympics.com/en/video/para-swimmer-simone-barlaam-dreams-of-designing-prosthetics Para Swimmer Simone Barlaam dreams of designing prosthetics] at Olympics.com

Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:Swimmers from Milan

Category:Paralympic swimmers for Italy

Category:Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships

Category:Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships

Category:Italian people of American descent

Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Italy

Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Italy

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Category:Paralympic medalists in swimming

Category:Italian male freestyle swimmers

Category:Italian male backstroke swimmers

Category:Italian male butterfly swimmers

Category:S9-classified para swimmers

Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen