Impairment Information |
Type of Impairment |
Vision impairment |
Origin of Impairment |
Congenital |
Classification |
S12, SB12, SM12 |
Further Personal Information |
Family |
Daughter Nadia |
Residence |
Rosario, ARG |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Languages |
English, Spanish |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She took up Para swimming in 2003 in Rosario, Argentina. |
Why this sport? |
She enjoyed the sport, and also wanted to take part in competitions. |
Club / Team |
Nautico Sportivo Avellaneda: Argentina |
Name of coach |
Alberto Tarsitano, ARG, from 2013 |
Senior International Debut |
Year |
2003 |
Competing for |
Argentina |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Ana (Athens 2004, 24 Aug 2004) |
Hobbies |
Running, listening to music. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Finishing fourth in the S12 50m freestyle at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 03 Dec 2017) |
Most influential person in career |
Daughter Nadia. (Athlete, 12 Sep 2019) |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmer Michael Phelps. (Athlete, 14 Jul 2015) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Outdo yourself from day to day." (Athlete, 14 Jul 2015) |
Awards and honours |
A plaque with her name has been unveiled in the 'Paseo de los Olimpicos' [Olympians Promenade] in Rosario, Argentina, in recognition of her competing at four editions of the Paralympic Games between 2004 and 2016. (unsaltodeportivo.com, 28 Dec 2016)
In 2012 she won the Silver Jorge Newbery Award, an annual sports award in Argentina. (unmundoenpaz.blogspot.com.es, 21 Aug 2012) |
Impairment |
She began losing her vision at age 14 due to bilateral maculopathy. The condition damages the centre of the retina. (lacapital.com.ar, 13 Jan 2017; paradeportes.com, 05 Dec 2014) |
Other information |
DIFFICULT TIMES
Her mother died five days after Moro returned to Argentina, having competed at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Her father passed away shortly after the 2015 Parapan American Games, while in 2009 she had felt obliged to compete at an event in the United States of America so she would not lose her sporting grant, even though she had just heard about the death of her sister through illness. "Life forced me to make very important decisions that I surely would not have made if I had not been in those extreme situations. Sport also taught me to never quit, to persevere in everything." (lacapital.com.ar, 13 Jan 2017) |
