Guillermo Marro

Guillermo Marro

Personal information
Full name	Guillermo Osvaldo Marro
Nickname(s)	Magcin, Guille, El Delfin
Born	(1983-07-01) 1 July 1983 (age 41) Pergamino, Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability	Arthrogryposis
Disability class	S7
Medal record Paralympic swimming Representing  Argentina Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100m backstroke S7 2000 Sydney Men's 100m backstroke S7 2008 Beijing 100m backstroke S7 World Championships 2006 Durban Men's 100m backstroke S7 2002 Mar del Plata Men's 100m backstroke S7 Parapan American Games 2003 Mar del Plata Men's 50m freestyle S7 2003 Mar del Plata Men's 100m backstroke S7 2011 Guadalajara Men's 100m backstroke S7 2003 Mar del Plata Men's 50m butterfly S7 2015 Toronto Men's 100m backstroke S7

Guillermo Osvaldo Marro (born 1 July 1983) is an Argentine Paralympic swimmer who competes in international elite events. He specialises in backstroke swimming. He is a triple Paralympic medalist, double World medalist and a triple Parapan American Games champion. He is highly regarded as Argentina's most successful Paralympic swimmer.^[1][2][3]

In 2014, Marro became the first Argentine Paralympic swimmer to cross the English Channel, he completed the swimming course in over fourteen hours. He swam as part of a team with Scott Patterson and Pedro Rangel who were double leg amputees, Moises Fuentes who is a paraplegic and Enrique Guerrero who has a below the knee amputation.^[4][5]

References

1. "Guillermo Marro - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
2. "Guillermo Marro: a swimmer with no limits (in Spanish)". Universidad. 19 September 2017.
3. "Guillermo Marro: I dream of my sixth Paralympic Game in Tokyo (in Spanish)". Rugido Sagrado. 10 November 2020.
4. "Marro and his fifth Paralympics (in Spanish)". paradeportes.com. 1 September 2016.
5. "Local swimmer makes history". The Drayton Valley Western Review. 22 July 2014.