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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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 · 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 second off the world ...

  5. Aug 30, 2024 · Aug. 30, 2024, 6:18 PM (ET) by Julie Goldsticker. Gia Pergolini wins a gold medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games (Photo by Joe Kusumoto/USOPC) PARIS – Reigning Paralympic champion and world record holder Gia Pergolini (Atlanta, Georgia) defended her women’s 100-meter backstroke S13 gold medal on Friday, claiming the first gold medal of the ...

  6. Gia Pergolini wins first U.S. gold of Paris Paralympics. On the second day of the Paralympics, the U.S. struck gold for the first time. It came in the water at Paris La Defense Arena as 20-year-old Gia Pergolini defended her Olympic title in the women's 100m backstroke S13. Pergolini, an Atlanta native, dominated the Paralympic final, defeating ...

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  8. Oct 1, 2024 · Gia Pergolini secured her second medal, earning silver in the women's 50-meter freestyle S13 final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Video supplied by NBC Olympics. Sep 3, 2024

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