Marianne Fredbo
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Born | Kristiansand, Norway | 10 October 1986||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | S7, SB6 | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Breaststroke Butterfly stroke | ||||||||||||||
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Marianne Fredbo née Mæland (born 10 October 1986) is a former Norwegian Paralympic swimmer who competed in international level events. Her highest achievement is winning a bronze medal at the 2009 IPC Swimming World Championships in the 100 m breaststroke SB6. She has represented Norway at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics but did not medal. Fredbo's right arm and left leg were amputated in a lawnmower accident when she was four years old. [1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Marianne Fredbo - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 4 July 2020.[dead link ]
- ^ "Maeland Fredbo sette norsk rekord (in Norwegian)". Norsk Rikskringkasting AS. 20 March 2010.
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Lyngdal
- Sportspeople from Kristiansand
- Paralympic swimmers for Norway
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Norwegian amputees
- Norwegian female breaststroke swimmers
- S7-classified para swimmers
- 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
- Norwegian swimming biography stubs