Carla Casals

Spain

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

S12, SB12, SM12

Further personal information

Occupation

Coach, Lecturer

Languages

Catalan, Spanish, English

Higher education

Communications - Pompeu Fabra University: Barcelona, ESP

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She began swimming at age nine in Barcelona, Spain.

Why this sport?

Her teacher asked her if she would like to enter a competition and she agreed to take part.

International debut

Year

2001

Competing for

Spain

General interest

Sporting philosophy / motto

"I only know one way to do things. Smile whatever the odds might be and believe in yourself no matter what." (thewangconnection.com, 24 May 2013)

Impairment

She was born prematurely along with two siblings [as a set of triplets], and has the eye condition retrolental fibroplasia as a result. She has around 10% vision. (thewangconnection.com, 24 May 2013; yocreoenmi.es, 18 Apr 2013)

Other information

RETIREMENT
She retired from international swimming in September 2014. (europapress.es, 04 Dec 2014; carlacasals.wordpress.com, 02 Sep 2014)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She was press liaison officer for the Spanish team at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fundaciononce.es, 15 Sep 2017)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 400 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	6
Women's 100 m Backstroke S12	Heat 2	4
Women's 100 m Backstroke S12	Final Round	7
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 2	3
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S12	Final Round	3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heat 2	2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final Round	6

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	6
Women's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heats	8
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heats	4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heats	7
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final Round	8
Women's 5,000 m Open Water	Final Round	16

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heat 2	6
Women's 100 m Butterfly S12	Heat 2	2
Women's 100 m Butterfly S12	Final Round	4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 1	2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heat 1	4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final Round	7

IPC Swimming World Championships Mar del Plata 2002 (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heats	5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	6
Women's 100 m Freestyle S12	Heats	9
Women's 100 m Backstroke S12	Heats (S11/12)	6
Women's 100 m Backstroke S12	Final Round	6
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	3

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 50 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	4
Women's 50 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	8
Women's 100 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	5
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final Round	8
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heat 2	5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	8
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 2	4

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Butterfly S12	Final Round	2012-09-02	4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heat 2	2012-09-03	4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final Round	2012-09-03	8
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 2	2012-09-08	4
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final Round	2012-09-08	6

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Butterfly S12	Heat 2	2013-08-13	3
Women's 100 m Butterfly S12	Final 1	2013-08-13	3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final 1	2013-08-14	2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 1	2013-08-18	6
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Final 1	2013-08-18	6