Maja Reichard

Sweden

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

S11, SB11, SM11

Further personal information

Family

Husband Alexander Reichard

Residence

Stockholm, SWE

Occupation

Student

Languages

English, Swedish

Higher education

Environmental Engineering - KTH Royal Institute of Technology: Stockholm, SWE

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She began swimming at age 11.

Why this sport?

"I have always loved water so it was not that difficult to make me start swimming, even though I said that I would never compete."

International debut

Year

2009

Competing for

Sweden

General interest

Hobbies

Kayaking, sailing. (paralympics.se, 12 Mar 2018)

Awards and honours

She was flag bearer for Sweden at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

Impairment

She was born with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that causes progressive vision loss. (aftonbladet.se, 07 Sep 2016)

Other information

RETIREMENT
In March 2019 she announced on social media that she had decided to retire as an elite athlete. "It's hard to sum up my career so instead I'm going to say thank you to all the friends, family, coaches, sponsors who have believed and supported me. Both in adversity and success you have been there. I will continue to lecture, do sports and forever be a swimmer and a friend." (Twitter profile, 22 Mar 2019; Facebook page, 22 Mar 2019)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Heat 2	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Final Round	1
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Heat 2	4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Final Round	8
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Heat 2	6

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Heat 3	2012-08-31	3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Final Round	2012-08-31	7
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Heat 1	2012-09-01	3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Final Round	2012-09-01	5
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Final Round	2012-09-03	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Heat 2	2012-09-03	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Heat 1	2012-09-08	3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Final Round	2012-09-08	4

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Backstroke S11	Final 1	2013-08-12	6
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Final 1	2013-08-13	3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Heat 2	2013-08-13	3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Heat 1	2013-08-15	4
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Final 1	2013-08-15	4
Women's 100 m Butterfly S11	Final 1	2013-08-16	3
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Final 1	2013-08-17	1
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Heat 2	2013-08-18	4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Final 1	2013-08-18	3

2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Heat 2	2015-07-13	3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Final 1	2015-07-13	4
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Heat 1	2015-07-16	3
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Final 1	2015-07-16	3
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Heat 2	2015-07-17	2
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Final 1	2015-07-18	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Heat 2	2015-07-18	1
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Final 1	2015-07-19	3

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m Butterfly S13	Heat 2	2016-09-08	7
Women's 100 m Backstroke S11	Final Round	2016-09-09	3
Women's 100 m Backstroke S11	Heat 1	2016-09-09	5
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Final Round	2016-09-12	2
Women's 50 m Freestyle S11	Heat 2	2016-09-12	1
Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB11	Final Round	2016-09-13	3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Heat 1	2016-09-15	3
Women's 100 m Freestyle S11	Final Round	2016-09-15	6
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Final Round	2016-09-16	2
Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM11	Heat 2	2016-09-16	2