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Summer Schmit
Para Swimming

Summer Schmit

Paralympian 2020, 2024

Summer Schmit

Athlete Bio 

Summer Schmit swims fast down the swim lane

Height

5'8"

Age

22

Hometown

Stillwater, MN

Classification: S9, SB9, SM9

Quick Facts
  • Born with congenital disarticulation of the right wrist and has no right hand
  • She began swimming competitively with St. Croix Swim Club at age 11
  • She started Paralympic swimming at age 12 and competed in her first Can-Am Open later that year in Bismarck, North Dakota
  • She achieved her first emerging time standard in Charlotte, North Carolina at the 2016 Paralympic Trials
  • Daughter of Thomas Schmit and Shannon Klint
  • Has two sisters, Mackenzie and Skye
  • Hobbies include traveling, reading and baking
Paralympic Experience
  • 2-time Paralympian;
    • Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 9th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 10th (100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women)
    • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women), 6th (100m Butterfly S9 - Women), 7th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 10th (100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women), 15th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2023 – 9th (100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women), 10th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 11th (100m Butterfly S9 - Women)
  • Years of participation: 100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women 2022, 2023; 100m Butterfly S9 - Women 2022, 2023; 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women 2022, 2023; 400m Freestyle S9 - Women 2022, 2023
  • Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
    • Bronze – 2022 (400m Freestyle S9 - Women)

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