Enhamed Enhamed

Enhamed Enhamed Mohamed Yahdih (born 11 September 1987 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain. He is an B1/S11 type swimmer.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mohamed and the second or maternal family name is Yahdih.
Enhamed Enhamed
Personal information
NationalitySpanish
Sport
SportSwimming
Event(s)Paralympic Games
Updated on 2 September 2012.

Personal

Enhamed is blind.[2] A motivational speaker, Enhamed likes to describe the moment that he became blind at the age of eight, as "the day I won my blindness".[3] His family immigrated to Spain from Western Sahara.

Swimming

A vision impaired swimmer, he has a "tapper" who taps him so he knows when he has to initiate a turn in the water.[2]

In 2010, he raced at the Tenerife International Open.[4] Before the 2010 Adapted Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands, he went to a swimming camp with the national team that was part of the Paralympic High Performance Program (HARP Program).[5] He raced at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany.[6][7]

Paralympics

He raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He finished third in the 400 meter Freestyle and 100 meter Butterfly races. He raced at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He won a gold medal in the 50 meter Freestyle, 100 meter Freestyle and 400 meter Freestyle races. He won a g gold medal in the 100 meter Butterfly race. He raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. He was the number two person to finish in the 400 meter Freestyle race. He won a bronze medal in the 50 meter Freestyle and the 100 meter Butterfly races.[1][8] He won four gold medals in the Beijing and two in Athens Paralympic Games.[3] He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Prior to heading to London, he participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session.[9]

References
  1. "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  2. "Los 11 de la ONCE" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  3. "Spanish Paralympic swimmer who 'won his blindness'". BBC News. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
  4. "Los nadadores paralímpicos baten siete récords de España en el Open Internacional de Tenerife — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. (Canarias) DEPORTES,NATACION > AREA: Deporte (14 May 2010). "Los nadadores paralímpicos baten siete récords de España — ABC.es — Noticias Agencias" (in Spanish). Spain: ABC.es. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. RTVE.es - BERLÍN (ALEMANIA) (2011-07-05). "España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. "Teresa Perales suma su segunda plata en Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: Aragondigital.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  8. "Primer oro y tres bronces mĂĄs para EspaĂąa, debuta la tinerfeĂąa Michelle Alonso" (in Spanish). Spain: Diario de Avisos. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  9. "Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012" (in Spanish). Spain: Solidaridad Digital. 6 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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