Guillermo Marro
Personal information
Full nameGuillermo Osvaldo Marro
Nickname(s)Magcin, Guille, El Delfin
Born (1983-07-01) 1 July 1983
Pergamino, Argentina
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country Argentina
SportParalympic swimming
DisabilityArthrogryposis
Disability classS7
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Argentina
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens100m backstroke S7
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyMen's 100m backstroke S7
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing100m backstroke S7
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 DurbanMen's 100m backstroke S7
Bronze medal – third place2002 Mar del PlataMen's 100m backstroke S7
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place2003 Mar del PlataMen's 50m freestyle S7
Gold medal – first place2003 Mar del PlataMen's 100m backstroke S7
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraMen's 100m backstroke S7
Silver medal – second place2003 Mar del PlataMen's 50m butterfly S7
Bronze medal – third place2015 TorontoMen'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.
  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.


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