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'''Marta Maria Gómez Battelli''' (born 22 December 1990) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain who competed at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref name=IPC>{{cite web|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=871374 |title=Gómez Battelli, Marta Maria |publisher=ipc.infostradasports.com |date= |accessdate=14 August 2014 }}</ref>
'''Marta Maria Gómez Battelli''' (born 22 December 1990) is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer who competed at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref name=IPC>{{cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=871374 |title=Gómez Battelli, Marta Maria |publisher=ipc.infostradasports.com |access-date=14 August 2014 |archive-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814170838/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=871374 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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== Personal ==
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Gómez has a mild visual impairment.<ref name=germany/><ref name=sevillclub/> She is from [[Seville]], [[Andalusia]].<ref name=erlinequalsnote>{{cite web|author=Malagaes.com |url=http://www.malagaes.com/noticia.asp?id=29167 |title=Noticias de Málaga : La andaluza Marta Gómez logra su segunda medalla de bronce en el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica&nbsp;— MALAGAES.COM 05/07/2011 |publisher=Malagaes.com |date=2013-07-18 |accessdate=7 August 2013|language=es|location=Spain}}</ref> She attended [[Universidad Complutense de Madrid]] where she worked on a degree in social work.<ref name=qulaified/> In 2013, she balanced her swimming career and being student studying social work. Most of her classes were in the morning, followed by six hours of training, and evenings spent studying.<ref name=sevillclub/> Her sister assisted her in managing her social media presence in 2013.<ref name=sevillclub/> At the 2013 Municipal Sports Institute Seville awards, she was named the best female athlete with a disability.<ref name=award>{{cite web|url=http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=249&codeID=8130 |title=Marta Mª Gómez Battelli recibe el Premio Torre del Oro 2013 - Natación&nbsp;— Esto es DxT |publisher=Estoesdxt.es |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref>


== Swimming ==
== Swimming ==
[[File:Marta gomez.ogg|thumb|''Wikinews'' interviews Marta Gomez]]
[[File:Marta gomez.ogg|thumb|''Wikinews'' interviews Marta Gomez]]
Gómez is an [[S13 (classification)|SM13]] classified swimmer.<ref name=germany/><ref name=sevillclub/> She is a 400 meter freestyle specialist.<ref name=sevillclub/><ref name=2013competechamp/> Other distances she swims include the 100, and 200 meters.<ref name=sevillclub/> She is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC),<ref name=fedc>{{cite web|url=http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=249&codeID=2941 |title=Los mejores nadadores paralímpicos disputan el Campeonato de España en Murcia&nbsp;— Natación&nbsp;— Esto es DxT |publisher=Estoesdxt.es |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref> and is a member of [[Club Náutico Sevilla]].<ref name=sevillclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldesmarque.com/nos-desmarcamos-con/57223-polideportivo-natacion-marta-gomez-batelli-campeonato-mundo-montreal-paralimpica- |title=Marta G. Battelli: "Después de entrenar seis horas, aún tengo tiempo de estudiar y hacer prácticas" |publisher=Eldesmarque.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-22 |language=es}}</ref><ref name=clubanutica>{{cite web|url=http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=249&codeID=8005 |title=Marta Gómez consigue mínima para el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Adaptada&nbsp;— Natación&nbsp;— Esto es DxT |publisher=Estoesdxt.es |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref>
Gómez is a classified swimmer and a 400-meter [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] specialist.<ref name=sevillclub/><ref name=2013competechamp/> She also swims the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter freestyle.<ref name=sevillclub/> She is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC), and is a member of [[Club Náutico Sevilla]].<ref name=sevillclub>{{cite web |url=http://www.eldesmarque.com/nos-desmarcamos-con/57223-polideportivo-natacion-marta-gomez-batelli-campeonato-mundo-montreal-paralimpica- |title=Marta G. Battelli: "Después de entrenar seis horas, aún tengo tiempo de estudiar y hacer prácticas" |publisher=Eldesmarque.com |access-date=2013-11-22 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003417/http://www.eldesmarque.com/nos-desmarcamos-con/57223-polideportivo-natacion-marta-gomez-batelli-campeonato-mundo-montreal-paralimpica- |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Gómez competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], where she earned a bronze medal in the 200 meter freestyle and a bronze in the 100 meter breaststroke.<ref name=germany>{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.es/deportes/mas-deportes/noticias/articulo/espanoles-berlin-logran-siete-medallas-921430.htm |title=Españoles logran siete medallas, tres de oro, en jornada inaugural en Berlín. NATACIÓN-PARALÍMPICA CTO.EUROPA |publisher=Terra.es |date= |accessdate=7 August 2013 |location=Spain |language=es}}</ref><ref name=moreuros>{{cite web|author=News Editor |url=http://www.elperiodic.com/valencia/noticias/128034_nadadora-valenciana-anna-ortiz-campeona-europa-metros-braza.html |title=La nadadora valenciana Anna Ortiz, campeona de Europa de 50 metros braza |publisher=elperiodic.com |date=2013-07-31 |accessdate=7 August 2013|location=Spain|language=es}}</ref><ref name=moreberlin>{{cite web|author=RTVE.es&nbsp;-&nbsp;BERLÍN (ALEMANIA)&nbsp; |url=http://www.rtve.es/deportes/20110705/espana-logra-17-medallas-paralimpicos-natacion-berlin/445613.shtml |title=España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín |publisher=RTVE.es |date=2011-07-05 |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref><ref name=anotherbeling>{{cite web|url=http://www.aragondigital.es/noticia.asp?notid=85083 |title=Teresa Perales suma su segunda plata en Berlín |publisher=Aragondigital.es |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |location=Spain |language=es}}</ref> In 2012, she was based at the High Performance Center, Madrid and was coached by José Luis Vaquero.<ref name=qulaified/> Over the 2011/2012 winter, she competed in the national winter swimming championships where she set 14 national records.<ref name=qulaified/> She competed at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], after qualifying at the March 2012 national championships in Castellón.<ref name=qulaified>{{cite web|url=http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=249&codeID=5167 |title=Los Paralímpicos de Londres esperan a la nadadora sevillana Marta Gómez Battelli&nbsp;— Natación&nbsp;— Esto es DxT |publisher=Estoesdxt.es |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref> Competition for the 2012 Paralympic spots was tough because despite meeting the minimum A qualifying time, Spain had only a limited number of spots to send swimmers to London so there was competition inside the team for them.<ref name=sevillclub/> Prior to heading to London, she participated in a national vision impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from 6 to 23 August. Daily at the camp, there were two in water training sessions and one out of water training session.<ref name=thisisgood>{{cite web|url=http://www.solidaridaddigital.es/SolidaridadDigital/Noticias/Deportes/DetalleNoticia.aspx?id=13809 |title=Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012 |publisher=Solidaridad Digital |date=6 August 2012 |accessdate=3 January 2014 |location=Spain |language=es }}</ref>
Gómez competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], where she earned two bronze medals in the 200 meter freestyle and the 100 meter breaststroke.<ref name=moreuros>{{cite web|url=http://www.elperiodic.com/valencia/noticias/128034_nadadora-valenciana-anna-ortiz-campeona-europa-metros-braza.html|title=La nadadora valenciana Anna Ortiz, campeona de Europa de 50 metros braza |publisher=elperiodic.com |date=2013-07-31 |access-date=7 August 2013|location=Spain|language=es}}</ref><ref name=moreberlin>{{cite web|author=RTVE.es&nbsp;-&nbsp;BERLÍN (ALEMANIA) |url=http://www.rtve.es/deportes/20110705/espana-logra-17-medallas-paralimpicos-natacion-berlin/445613.shtml |title=España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín |publisher=RTVE.es |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref><ref name=anotherbeling>{{cite web|url=http://www.aragondigital.es/noticia.asp?notid=85083 |title=Teresa Perales suma su segunda plata en Berlín |date=5 July 2011 |publisher=Aragondigital.es |access-date=11 August 2013 |location=Spain |language=es}}</ref> In 2012, she was based at the High Performance Center, [[Madrid]] and was coached by José Luis Vaquero. She competed in the national winter swimming championships in the winter of 2011 where she set 14 national records.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} She competed at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], after qualifying at the March 2012 national championships in [[Castellón de la Plana|Castellón]]. Despite meeting the minimum A qualifying time, she described her worst moment in sport as being when she found out that the number of spots for the 2012 Paralympics had been reduced.<ref name=sevillclub/> Prior to heading to London, she participated in a national vision-impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from August 6-23. Each day had a total of three training sessions, two in water, and one out of water. <ref name=thisisgood>{{cite web|url=http://www.solidaridaddigital.es/SolidaridadDigital/Noticias/Deportes/DetalleNoticia.aspx?id=13809 |title=Los nadadores paralímpicos ciegos se concentran para Londres 2012 |publisher=Solidaridad Digital |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=3 January 2014 |location=Spain |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104051824/http://www.solidaridaddigital.es/SolidaridadDigital/Noticias/Deportes/DetalleNoticia.aspx?id=13809 |archive-date=4 January 2014 }}</ref>


Gómez competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the [[Sabadell Swimming Club]].<ref name=svilela>{{cite web|url=http://www.estoesdxt.es/index.php?type=public&zone=items&action=view&categoryID=249&codeID=8061 |title=Un Campeonato de Cataluña de Natación de récords&nbsp;— Natación&nbsp;— Esto es DxT |publisher=Estoesdxt.es |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |location=Spain |language=es}}</ref> She qualified for the World Championships in 2012 at competition where she won the 00 meter freestyle and 200 individual medley events in Spanish record times.<ref name=clubanutica/> She competed at the [[2013 IPC Swimming World Championships]],<ref name=2013competechamp>{{cite web|author=Estadio deportivo |url=http://www.estadiodeportivo.com/polideportivo/2013/08/09/marta-gomez-busca-finalista-mundial-natacion-paralimpica/9209.html |title=Marta Gσmez, en busca de ser finalista en el Mundial de Nataciσn Paralνmpica |publisher=Estadio deportivo |date=2013-02-27 |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref><ref name=worldsswim>{{cite web|url=http://www.extremaduradehoy.com/periodico/deportes/extremena_isabel_yinghua_hernandez_competira_campeonato_del_mundo_natacion-190504.html |title=Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica |publisher=Extremaduradehoy.com |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref><ref name=fromwhere>{{cite web|author=Agencia EFE |url=http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/agencias/20130809/deportes/mas-deportes/nadadores-canarios-michelle-alonso-israel_201308091313.html |title=Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo. |publisher=Eldiariomontanes.es |date= |accessdate=11 August 2013 |location=Spain |language=es}}</ref> where she won a silver medal.<ref name=sevillclub/> In 2013, she was working to qualify for the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]].<ref name=sevillclub/> In 2013, she was one of seven Paralympic sportspeople to get a 2013/2014 "Iberdrola Foundation Scholarship" that was awarded by the [[Spanish Paralympic Committee]], [[Iberdrola Foundation]], the Spanish Sports Council and the Spanish [[Ministry of Health (Spain)|Ministry of Social Services and Equality]]. It provided him with €490 a month for the ten academic months of the year.<ref name=sevenashcolarships>{{cite web|url=http://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/otros-deportes/2013-12-03/siete-deportistas-paralimpicos-reciben-las-becas-fundacion-iberdrola_61989/ |title=Siete deportistas paralímpicos reciben las 'Becas fundación Iberdrola' |publisher=El Confidencial |date=3 December 2013 |accessdate=26 December 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref><ref name=stupidadonpage>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantico.net/noticia/261352/susana/rodriguez/recibe/fundacion/iberdrola/ |title=Susana Rodríguez recibe una beca de la Fundación Iberdrola |publisher=Atlantico.net |date= |accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref>
Gómez competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the [[Sabadell Swimming Club]]. She qualified for the World Championships 2012 at a competition where she won the 100{{Data missing|?|date=January 2023}}meter freestyle and 200 individual medley events in Spanish record times. She competed at the [[2013 IPC Swimming World Championships]],<ref name="2013competechamp">{{cite web|author=Estadio deportivo |url=http://www.estadiodeportivo.com/polideportivo/2013/08/09/marta-gomez-busca-finalista-mundial-natacion-paralimpica/9209.html |title=Marta Gσmez, en busca de ser finalista en el Mundial de Nataciσn Paralνmpica |publisher=Estadio deportivo |date=2013-02-27 |access-date=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref><ref name="worldsswim">{{cite web|url=http://www.extremaduradehoy.com/periodico/deportes/extremena_isabel_yinghua_hernandez_competira_campeonato_del_mundo_natacion-190504.html |title=Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica |publisher=Extremaduradehoy.com |access-date=11 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811103608/http://www.extremaduradehoy.com/periodico/deportes/extremena_isabel_yinghua_hernandez_competira_campeonato_del_mundo_natacion-190504.html |archive-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref><ref name="fromwhere">{{cite web |author=Agencia EFE |url=http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/agencias/20130809/deportes/mas-deportes/nadadores-canarios-michelle-alonso-israel_201308091313.html |title=Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo. |publisher=Eldiariomontanes.es |access-date=11 August 2013 |location=Spain |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235759/http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/agencias/20130809/deportes/mas-deportes/nadadores-canarios-michelle-alonso-israel_201308091313.html |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> where she won a silver medal.<ref name="sevillclub" /> In 2013, she was working to qualify for the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]]<ref name="sevillclub" /> and was one of seven Paralympic sportspeople to get a 2013/2014 "Iberdrola Foundation Scholarship" that was awarded by the [[Spanish Paralympic Committee]], [[Iberdrola Foundation]], the Spanish Sports Council and the Spanish [[Ministry of Health (Spain)|Ministry of Social Services and Equality]]. It provided her with €490 a month for the ten academic months of the year.<ref name="sevenashcolarships">{{cite web|url=http://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/otros-deportes/2013-12-03/siete-deportistas-paralimpicos-reciben-las-becas-fundacion-iberdrola_61989/ |title=Siete deportistas paralímpicos reciben las 'Becas fundación Iberdrola' |publisher=El Confidencial |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=26 December 2013 |language=es |location=Spain}}</ref><ref name="stupidadonpage">{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantico.net/noticia/261352/susana/rodriguez/recibe/fundacion/iberdrola/ |title=Susana Rodríguez recibe una beca de la Fundación Iberdrola |publisher=Atlantico.net |access-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227020018/http://www.atlantico.net/noticia/261352/susana/rodriguez/recibe/fundacion/iberdrola/ |archive-date=27 December 2013 }}</ref>

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== Personal life ==
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Gómez is from [[Seville]], [[Andalusia]].<ref name=erlinequalsnote>{{cite web|author=Malagaes.com |url=http://www.malagaes.com/noticia.asp?id=29167 |title=Noticias de Málaga : La andaluza Marta Gómez logra su segunda medalla de bronce en el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica&nbsp;— MALAGAES.COM 05/07/2011 |publisher=Malagaes.com |date=2013-07-18 |access-date=7 August 2013 |language=es |location=Spain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015020/http://www.malagaes.com/noticia.asp?id=29167 |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref> She attended [[Universidad Complutense de Madrid]] where she worked on a degree in social work. In 2013, she was participating in her swimming career and continuing towards her degree. Most of her classes were in the morning, followed by six hours of training, and her evenings were spent studying.<ref name=sevillclub/> Her sister assisted in managing her social media presence in 2013.<ref name=sevillclub/> At the 2013 Municipal Sports Institute Seville Awards, she was named the best female athlete with a disability.

Gomez has a mild [[visual impairment]].<ref name=sevillclub/>


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 11:07, 8 September 2024

Marta Gómez Battelli
Personal information
Full nameMarta Maria Gómez Battelli
Nationality Spain
Born03/07/1999
Prithvipur
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
IPC World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montreal 400m freestyle S13
IPC European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eindhoven 400m freestyle S13

Marta Maria Gómez Battelli (born 22 December 1990) is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Swimming

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Wikinews interviews Marta Gomez

Gómez is a classified swimmer and a 400-meter freestyle specialist.[2][3] She also swims the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter freestyle.[2] She is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC), and is a member of Club Náutico Sevilla.[2]

Gómez competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, where she earned two bronze medals in the 200 meter freestyle and the 100 meter breaststroke.[4][5][6] In 2012, she was based at the High Performance Center, Madrid and was coached by José Luis Vaquero. She competed in the national winter swimming championships in the winter of 2011 where she set 14 national records.[citation needed] She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, after qualifying at the March 2012 national championships in Castellón. Despite meeting the minimum A qualifying time, she described her worst moment in sport as being when she found out that the number of spots for the 2012 Paralympics had been reduced.[2] Prior to heading to London, she participated in a national vision-impaired swim team training camp at the High Performance Centre of Sant Cugat from August 6-23. Each day had a total of three training sessions, two in water, and one out of water. [7]

Gómez competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the Sabadell Swimming Club. She qualified for the World Championships 2012 at a competition where she won the 100[?]meter freestyle and 200 individual medley events in Spanish record times. She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships,[3][8][9] where she won a silver medal.[2] In 2013, she was working to qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics[2] and was one of seven Paralympic sportspeople to get a 2013/2014 "Iberdrola Foundation Scholarship" that was awarded by the Spanish Paralympic Committee, Iberdrola Foundation, the Spanish Sports Council and the Spanish Ministry of Social Services and Equality. It provided her with €490 a month for the ten academic months of the year.[10][11]

Personal life

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Gómez is from Seville, Andalusia.[12] She attended Universidad Complutense de Madrid where she worked on a degree in social work. In 2013, she was participating in her swimming career and continuing towards her degree. Most of her classes were in the morning, followed by six hours of training, and her evenings were spent studying.[2] Her sister assisted in managing her social media presence in 2013.[2] At the 2013 Municipal Sports Institute Seville Awards, she was named the best female athlete with a disability.

Gomez has a mild visual impairment.[2]

References

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Wikinews has related news:
  1. ^ "Gómez Battelli, Marta Maria". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Marta G. Battelli: "Después de entrenar seis horas, aún tengo tiempo de estudiar y hacer prácticas"" (in Spanish). Eldesmarque.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  3. ^ a b Estadio deportivo (2013-02-27). "Marta Gσmez, en busca de ser finalista en el Mundial de Nataciσn Paralνmpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Estadio deportivo. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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