Arjola Trimi

Arjola Trimi
Trimi awarded by the Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace in 2021.
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1987-03-15) 15 March 1987 (age 37)
Tirana, Albania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS4
ClubPol Bresciana No Frontiere

Arjola Trimi (born 15 March 1987) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer competing in S4 classification events.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics,[2] and 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's 4 × 50 mixed freestyle relay, winning a silver medal.[3]

She made her major international debut at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, where she won four medals.[4] A year later she became European champion in her classification in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events. In 2015, she won her first World gold taking the 50m backstroke title at the World Games in Glasgow.[4]

  1. ^ "Biography overview:Trimi, Arjola". IPC. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Arjola Trimi - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Paralympics, 6 more medals for Italy in swimming – Il Tempo". Italy24 News English. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Trimi, Arjola". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.