Natalie Sims

Quick Facts

• When Sims was thirteen years old, she took a chance and joined her YWCA’s swim club, the Minneapolis Otters
• In less than four years she grew from a beginner to one of the fastest youth swimmers in the organization
• In 2013, Sims qualified in the S9 classification for her first Paralympic meet
• Between 2013 and 2015, she was named to the U.S. Paralympic Swimming Emerging Team and competed in the 2014 Can-Am Paralympic Championships in Edmonton
• She is the cousin of Dragomir Cioroslan, the Romanian weightlifting bronze medalist from the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984
• Daughter of Michael and Lisa Sims
• Has one brother, Jack, and one sister, Nicole
• Interests include running, biking, fishing, swimming, reading and yoga
• She is a lifeguard

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian; 1-time Paralympic medalist (1 bronze)
• Paralympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Mixed), 5th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women), 6th (200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women), 7th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women), 8th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 9th (200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 8th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 11th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women), 14th (100m Backstroke S9 - Women), 15th (100m Butterfly S9 - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2017 – gold (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women), bronze (100m Freestyle S9 - Women, 400m Freestyle S9 - Women, 50m Freestyle S9 - Women), 5th (200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women), 7th (100m Butterfly S9 - Women)
• Years of participation: 100m Butterfly S9 - Women 2017; 100m Freestyle S9 - Women 2017; 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women 2017; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women 2017; 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women 2017; 400m Freestyle S9 - Women 2017; 50m Freestyle S9 - Women 2017
• Medals: 5 (2 gold, 3 bronze)
• Gold – 2017 (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women)
• Bronze – 2017 (100m Freestyle S9 - Women, 400m Freestyle S9 - Women, 50m Freestyle S9 - Women)