UNI swim & dive: Chambers named to U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team
1/24/2023 2:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Two-time para-swimming national champion selected as one of 39 swimmers to 2023 team.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- UNI swimmer Olivia Chambers has been named to the 2023 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team roster, as announced by U.S. Paralympics Swimming on Tuesday. The team includes 39 swimmers, including Chambers, who is one of two newcomers to the roster from last year.
Chambers, who is classified as legally blind under World Para Swimming's disability classifications as an S13 athlete, broke into para-swimming this past summer when she broke a Para-American in the S13 400-meter individual medley at last July's USA Swimming Futures Championships in Minneapolis.Â
The Little Rock, Arkansas native also competed in the Para Swimming World Series event in Tijuana, Mexico in October, and became UNI's first-ever para-swimming national champion when she claimed two gold medals in the 200 and 400-meter individual medleys at the U.S. Paralympic Swimming National Championships in December in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was also named the Swimmer of the Meet for her standout performance.
The 2023 national team is also made up of multi-Paralympic medalists and champions, including 29-time Paralympic medalist Jessica Long, Mallory Weggemann, Lizzie Smith, McKenzie Coan, Elizabeth Marks and Mikaela Jenkins.
While qualification is needed, major competitions for U.S. Paralympics Swimming athletes in 2023 include the Para Swimming World Series in Indianapolis, Indiana in April, the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships in Manchester, England, the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile, and the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships.
Chambers returns to action Feb. 3-4 as the Panthers compete at the Coyote Invite at the Midco Aquatics Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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