Isabella Vincent (swimmer)

Isabella Vincent (born 14 January 2006) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the age of fifteen, she was the youngest Australian swimmer selected for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, where she won a silver and bronze medal.[1]

Isabella Vincent
Personal information
Birth nameIsabella Dawn Vincent
Nickname(s)Izzy
NationalityAustralian
Born (2006-01-14) 14 January 2006
Burnside, South Australia
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS7
ClubNorwood Swimming Club
CoachShaun Curtis
Medal record
Women's Paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 34 pts
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo4×100 m medley 34pts

Personal

Vincent lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She was born with sacral agenesis or caudal regression syndrome. She attended Marryatville Primary School.[2] Since 2020, she has attended Pembroke School.

Swimming

Vincent took up competitive swimming in 2018 after a stint of post-operative hydrotherapy. Joining the EnABLE program at Norwood Swimming Club with coach Alana Fuller. She is classified as an S7. At 2018 School Sport Australia Swimming Championships in Hobart she collected the most medals of any with nine – seven gold, one silver and one bronze. At the 2020 SA Short Course Swimming Championships, she won the Matthew Cowdrey Trophy for best multi-class performance.[3]

At the 2021 Australian Swimming Trials, Vincent came first in the S7 - 400m freestyle S6-S13, 100m backstroke and second in the SM7 200m individual medley.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Vincent, together with her team of Emily Beecroft, Ellie Cole, and Ashleigh McConnell won a silver medal in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle 34 pts with a time of 4:26.82, two seconds behind the winners, Italy. She also won a bronze medal in the 34pts Women's 4x100m Medley 34 pts. Her team of Emily Beecroft, Keira Stephens and Ellie Cole clocked 4:55.70.[4] She swam in two individual events, finishing sixth in the Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM7, but failing to qualify in the 100 m freestyle S7.[5]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England, she finished 5th in the Women's 100 m backstroke S8 and the Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6.[6] [7]

References
  1. Sutton, Malcolm (25 June 2021). "Meet 'Izzy', Australia's youngest Paralympics swimmer, who is ready to take on Tokyo". ABC News. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. "Izzy the Superfish makes a big splash in Hobart". Messenger - The City. Adelaide, Australia. 15 August 2018.
  3. "Relive the SA Short Course Swimming Championships with our full replays of every session". The Advertiser. 5 August 2020.
  4. "Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. "Isabella Vincent". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. "Cole, Patterson And Levy Amongst Stars Of The Pool Ready To Splash And Dash In Birmingham". Commonwealth Games Australia. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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