Victoria Arlen
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| Full name | Victoria Arlen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||
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September 26, 1994 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North Shore Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Victoria Arlen (born September 26, 1994) is an American paralympian swimmer and spokesperson for those with disabilities. Arlen lost the use of her legs due to a rare viral disease called transverse myelitis which also left her in a coma for nearly three years. She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, England, winning a total of four medals: one gold and three silver.
Arlen was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She currently lives in Exeter, New Hampshire, where she attends Exeter High School. When she is not swimming, she enjoys acting, reading, modeling, writing, and spending time with family and friends.
In June 2012, Arlen took the S6 400 m Freestyle world record at the American Paralympic trials.
In September 2012, Arlen competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England. She won the silver medal in the S6 400 m Freestyle after having won an appeal granting her the right to swim in the competition. She then went on to win silver in the 34 points 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay, silver in the S6 50 m Freestyle, and gold in the S6 100 m Freestyle in which she broke the world record with a time of 1:13.33.
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