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  1. Feb 13, 2024 · Feb. 13, 2024, 11:00 AM (ET) by Lisa Costantini. Gia Pergolini poses with her gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women's 100-meter backstroke S13 finals at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Aug. 26, 2021 in Tokyo. (Photo by Getty Images) If Paralympic swimmer Gia Pergolini had her wish, she’d spend her days in bed watching TV all day.

  2. Aug 30, 2024 · Para Swimming. Gia Pergolini, now two time Paralympian and two time gold medalist will "never get used to the feeling of representing one of the best countries in the world," she told Paris 2024. The womens 100m backstroke category S13 winner, secured the first Paralympic medal for the USA at the Paralympics tonight at the Paris La Défense Arena.

  3. Sep 1, 2024 · Now a 20-year-old student at Florida International University, Pergolini won Team USA’s first gold medal of the Paralympics. Her time of 1 minute, 4.93 seconds was just 0.3 seconds off the world record she set in Tokyo. “It’s so unreal, I can’t really explain it into words,” she said. “But just hitting the wall and seeing my two ...

  4. Sep 1, 2024 · By Associated Press. Sept. 1, 2024 11:50 AM PT. PARIS —. Gia Pergolini walked into the Paris La Défense Arena on Friday to compete in the women’s 100m backstroke finals knowing she had ...

  5. Dec 4, 2023 · Pergolini is studying psychology, which she first chose because she read it was a good major for those interested in real estate; now she thinks she might want to be a therapist. She appreciates staying busy and keeping to a strict schedule to help her manage everything she has to do between swimming and her studies.

  6. THE CLINICAL PICTURE. Gia began seeing Krishna Mukkamala, MD, a retina specialist at Georgia Retina, in 2017. At the time, Gia’s VA was 20/200 distance and 20/50 near in each eye. Her most recent follow-up revealed VA of 20/400 distance and 20/30 near OD, and 8/200 distance and 20/100 near OS (Figures 2 and 3).

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  8. SPECIAL REPORT. PARALYMPIC SWIMMER WITH STARGARDT WINS GOLDGia Pergolini refused to let vision loss stop her from achieving her dream: setting a world reco. BY REBECCA HEPP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFBeginningin kindergarten, Gia Pergol. ni of Roswell, Georgia, had trouble seeing. But it wasn’t.

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