Gaia Mercurio

  • Date of birth

    July 7th 2004

  • Region

    Trentino Alto Adige

  • Prosthesis

    Upper limb deformity from birth

  • Sports discipline

    Swimming

  • Hobby

    Horses

  • art4sport member

    Since 2012

Giving my best

Gaia’s sports achievements

3rd Paris Cup in Gardolo (TN) – Italy (January 2022):

  • 100 mt breaststroke: time of 01.51.27 beating the Italian junior class S8 record
  • 50 mt breaststroke: time of 50.98 beating the absolute Italian record and consequently also the junior S8 class record

Italian Absolute Winter Championships + Para Swimming World Series in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) – Italy (March 2022):

  • 100 m breaststroke: 1st place in the Italian championships plus Italian junior record
  • 100 m freestyle: 1st place in the Italian championships plus Italian junior record, 7th place in world ranking
  • 400 m freestyle: 2nd place in the Italian championships, 8th place in world ranking
  • 100 m backstroke: 12th place plus Italian junior record
  • 50 m freestyle: Italian junior record, 6th place in world ranking

Italian Junior Championships in Monza (April 2022):

  • 100 mt. freestyle: 1st place plus Italian junior record
  • 100 m breaststroke: 1st place plus Italian junior record

Participated in the European Para Youth Games 2022 in Pajulahti – Finland (June/July 2022)

Italian Absolute Championships in Naples – Italy (July 2022):

  • 100 m breaststroke cat. S8: gold medal
  • 100 m freestyle cat. S8: silver medal
  • 100 m backstroke cat. S8: silver medal