Matthew Torres
Appearance
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Born | Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. | March 27, 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S8, SB8, SM8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Torres (born March 27, 2001) is an American Paralympic swimmer who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Career
[edit]He represented the United States in the men's 400 metre freestyle S8 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.[2]
On April 14, 2022, Torres was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.[3] On April 29, 2023, Torres was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Matthew Torres". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Swimming - TORRES Matthew". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Gowdy, Kristen (April 14, 2022). "U.S. Paralympics Swimming Nominates 25 athletes to World Championship Roster". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ Overend, Riley (April 29, 2023). "U.S. Paralympics Swimming Selects 22 (Including Just 6 Men) for 2023 Worlds Roster". swimswam.com. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- American disabled sportspeople
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Paralympic swimmers for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Sportspeople from Norwalk, Connecticut
- Swimmers from Connecticut
- American male backstroke swimmers
- S8-classified para swimmers
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American swimming biography stubs