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Bianka Pap

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Hungary
Swimming
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S10, SB9, SM10

Further personal information

Occupation
Athlete
Languages
English, Hungarian

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming in 2009 in Szigetvar, Hungary.
Why this sport?
She took up the sport following advice from her doctors after breaking her leg.
Club / Team
Vasas SC: Budapest, HUN
Name of coach
Almos Szabo [club], HUN

General interest

Hobbies
Cooking, baking, reading, watching films, cosmetics. (sportandmove.hu, 30 Dec 2020; Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)
Memorable sporting achievement
Winning silver in the S10 100m backstroke and bronze in the SM10 200m individual medley at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)
Most influential person in career
Coach Almos Szabo, and her family. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)
Hero / Idol
Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019)
Injuries
She broke her leg at age seven in a skiing accident. (lifetilt.hu, 01 Jan 2019; glamouronline.hu, 15 May 2016)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Overcome the almost impossible." (Athlete, 13 Jul 2015)
Awards and honours
She was named 2021 Impaired Female Athlete of the Year by her club Vasas SC. (Vasas SC Facebook page, 06 Jan 2022)

She received the 2021 Impaired Female Athlete of the Year award by the Association of Hungarian Sports Journalists. (english.news.cn, 07 Jan 2022)

In October 2021 she received the Officers' Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit for her contribution to Para swimming at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 15 Oct 2021)

In 2016 she received the Hungarian Golden Cross Circle award for her performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (parauszas.hu, 15 Sep 2019)
Impairment
She was born without a fibula bone in her left leg. (glamour.hu, 04 Oct 2018; Athlete, 13 Jul 2015)

Results

Unit Date Rank
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 Heat 1 2013-08-12 5
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2013-08-12 5
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2013-08-13 4
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final 1 2013-08-15 5
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Final 1 2013-08-15 9999
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 1 2013-08-15 4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Final 1 2013-08-16 7
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heat 2 2013-08-16 7
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 2 2013-08-17 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Final 1 2013-08-17 4
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 Heat 2 2013-08-18 10
Women's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final 1 2013-08-18 6
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S10 Heat 2 2015-07-13 11
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 1 2015-07-14 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Final 1 2015-07-14 4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 1 2015-07-16 5
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Final 1 2015-07-16 4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 Heat 2 2015-07-18 7
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2015-07-18 5
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 Heat 1 2015-07-19 5
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2015-07-19 5
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Heat 2 2016-09-10 2
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Final Round 2016-09-10 2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Final Round 2016-09-11 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Heat 1 2016-09-11 3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S10 Heat 2 2016-09-12 5
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 Heat 2 2016-09-15 2
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 Final Round 2016-09-15 5
Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Final 1 2017-12-02 1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2017-12-03 3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 Final 1 2017-12-04 2
Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 Final 1 2017-12-07 3