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Enhamed Enhamed

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mohamed and the second or maternal family name is Yahdih.

Enhamed Enhamed
Personal information
Full nameEnhamed Enhamed Mohamed Yahdih
NationalitySpanish
Born11 September 1987 (1987-09-11) (age 37)
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Sport
SportSwimming
EventParalympic Games
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 50m freestyle S11
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 100m freestyle S11
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 400m freestyle S11
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 100m butterfly S11
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 100m butterfly S11
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 400m freestyle S11
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 100m butterfly S11
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 400m freestyle S11
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 50m freestyle S11
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S11
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 100m freestyle S11
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 400m freestyle S11
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 100m butterfly S11
Silver medal – second place 2010 Eindhoven 4x100m freestyle 49pts
Updated on 26 April 2022

Enhamed Enhamed Mohamed Yahdih (born 11 September 1987 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He is an B1/S11 type swimmer.[1]

Personal

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Enhamed is blind.[2] A motivational speaker, Enhamed likes to describe the moment that he became blind at the age of eight, as "the day I won my blindness".[3] His family immigrated to Spain from Western Sahara.

Swimming

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A vision impaired swimmer, he has a "tapper" who taps him so he knows when he has to initiate a turn in the water.[2]

In 2010, he raced at the Tenerife International Open.[4] Before the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands, he went to a swimming camp with the national team that was part of the Paralympic High Performance Program (HARP Program).[5] He raced at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany.[6][7]

Paralympics

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He raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He finished third in the 400 meter Freestyle and 100 meter Butterfly races. He raced at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He won a gold medal in the 50 meter Freestyle, 100 meter Freestyle and 400 meter Freestyle races. He won a g gold medal in the 100 meter Butterfly race. He raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He was the number two person to finish in the 400 meter Freestyle race. He won a bronze medal in the 50 meter Freestyle and the 100 meter Butterfly races.[1][8] He won four gold medals in the Beijing and two in Athens Paralympic Games.[3] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Prior to heading to London, he participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Los 11 de la ONCE" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Spanish Paralympic swimmer who 'won his blindness'". BBC News. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Los nadadores paralímpicos baten siete récords de España en el Open Internacional de Tenerife — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ (Canarias) DEPORTES,NATACION > AREA: Deporte (14 May 2010). "Los nadadores paralímpicos baten siete récords de España — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ RTVE.es - BERLÍN (ALEMANIA) (5 July 2011). "España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Teresa Perales suma su segunda plata en Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: Aragondigital.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  9. ^ "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.
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