Para Swimming

Alyssa Gialamas

Paralympian 2012, 2016

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'4"

Age

29

Hometown

Naperville, IL

Education

Waubonsie Valley High School (Aurora, Ill.) ‘14 Loyola University Maryland ’18, Communications

classification: S5, SB4, SM5

Personal
Gialamas was encouraged to try swimming by coach Glen O'Sullivan. Once she started, she found that she felt free in the water because she did not have to wear braces and was not sitting in a chair. She was born with arthrogryposis, which affects the use of joints and muscles. She began Para swimming in 2008 at the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association in Naperville, Illinois, and represented the U.S. four years later at the Paralympic Games London 2012.......Daughter of John and Lisa Gialamas…Has a twin brother, Matthew, and one sister, Tori…Interests include catching up with friends over coffee, cooking, listening to music and traveling to different places and seeing the world.
Paralympic Experience
  • 2-time Paralympian;
    • Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 6th (50m Backstroke S5 - Women), 7th (200m Freestyle S5 - Women), 10th (100m Freestyle S5 - Women), 12th (50m Freestyle S5 - Women)
    • Paralympic Games London 2012, 5th (200m Freestyle S5 - Women), 9th (100m Freestyle S5 - Women, 50m Freestyle S5 - Women)
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2015 – 4th (50m Backstroke S5 - Women), 5th (100m Freestyle S5 - Women, 200m Freestyle S5 - Women), 6th (4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 20 Points - Mixed, 50m Freestyle S5 - Women)
  • Years of participation: 100m Freestyle S5 - Women 2013, 2015; 200m Freestyle S5 - Women 2013, 2015; 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 20 Points - Mixed 2015; 50m Backstroke S5 - Women 2013, 2015; 50m Freestyle S5 - Women 2013, 2015; 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 20 Points - Women 2013; 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Women 2013
  • Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
    • Bronze – 2013 (4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Women)

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