Let’s get to know Arjola Trimi better, the Italian swimmer ready to make her debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: here is her career and palmares.
Kicks off a Tokyo the XVI edition of Paralympic Games summer. Among the most anticipated athletes of the Italian delegation, which boasts 113 blues, there is undoubtedly the swimmer Arjola Trimi, an important veteran of Paralympic sport. Born in Tirana on March 15, 1987 but moved to Milan with her family when she was just over 2 years old, she suffers from a degenerative disease that has made her tetraplegica.
As she told herself, the problems started at the age of 12 after falling while playing basketball. “I am diagnosed with a worsening disease that does not leave much to fate: degenerative spastic tetraplesis of a likely hereditary nature”. From that moment on she had to bring out all her strength and determination to start a new life. Putting basketball aside, he discovered a new approach to water thanks to the sessions of hydrotherapy and has thus dedicated herself exclusively to swimming.
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The sporting successes of Arjola Trimi
The debut of Arjola Trimi dates back to 2012, when he achieved excellent results in his first races. The following year comes the rise on an international level: ai Montreal World Cup wins the first prestigious podiums with 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. In 2014, during the European championships of Eindhoven, then wins another silver and 3 golds. Subsequently, in 2015, he won a silver and a bronze medal at the world championships in Glasgow.
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At the European Championships in Funchal in Portugal he gets a gold, 2 silvers and a bronze. Overall, at European level, she has been crowned champion thirteen times. In 2016 Arjola Trimi also takes part in the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and wins the silver medal. In short, a palmares to be envied. Two years ago he also obtained one of the highest honors of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the Sports Merit Gold Collar.
