Sarah Louise Rung

Sarah Louise Rung Swimming
Paralympics Winner (2012)
Personal information
Type of disability (class):	Paraplegia (S5, SB4, SM5)
Nationality:	Norway
Birthday:	October 8, 1989
Place of birth:	Stavanger, Norway
Society:	Madla swimming club

Sarah Louise Rung (born October 8, 1989 in Stavanger ) is a Norwegian swimmer who trains at Madla Svømmeklubb in Stavanger.

Rung has been paraplegic since 2008 as a result of a failed back operation at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen . In 2010 she won a silver medal in the 100 m freestyle and three gold medals in the 50 m butterfly and 200 m freestyle as well as in a new world record time (class SB 4) of 1: 52.64 min over 100 m chest at the World Swimming Championships for the disabled in Eindhoven, the Netherlands . She set a new Norwegian national record in all four disciplines.

At the IPC European Swimming Championships 2011 in Berlin, she won the title over 200 m medley and in a new world record time of 1: 48.42 minutes over 100 m breaststroke.

During her first participation in the Paralympics 2012 in London, the swimmer won two gold medals in the 50 m butterfly and 200 m freestyle and two silver medals in the 200 m medley and 100 m chest. In the same year she was the first disabled athlete to be honored with the Aftenposten gold medal.

At the Sports Gala (Idrettsgallaen) of the Norwegian Sports Federation , Rung was named Disabled Athlete of the Year (Årets kvinnelige funksjonshemmede idrettsutøver) in Hamar in 2011 and 2012 . In addition to the Disabled Athlete of the Year category , she has been nominated for the second time in a row in the main category Sportsman of the Year (Årets navn) for the 2013 Sports Gala .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mette Bugge: Det skulle bare være en enkel operasjon. In: Aftenposten .no. June 22, 2011, Retrieved December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
2. ↑ Tor Arne Volden: Sølv for Sarah. Norges Svømmeforbund , August 20, 2010, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
3. ↑ Tor Arne Volden: Gull til Sarah Louise Rung. Norges Svømmeforbund , August 17, 2010, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
4. ↑ Tor Arne Volden: Gull number 3 to Sarah. Norges Svømmeforbund , August 20, 2010, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
5. ↑ Tor Arne Volden: Gull og verdensrekord for Sarah Louise Rung! Norges Svømmeforbund , August 19, 2010, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
6. ↑ Kristin Homb: Nytt EM-gull til Sarah Louise. Norges Svømmeforbund , July 6, 2011, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
7. ↑ Kristin Homb: Nytt EM-gull and ny verdensrekord til Sarah Louise. Norges Svømmeforbund , July 7, 2011, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
8. ↑ IPC data
9. ↑ Eirik Fardal: Sarah Louise Rung vant Aftenpostens gullmedalje for 2012. (Not available online.) In: Aftenposten .no. December 23, 2012, archived from the original on December 26, 2012 ; Retrieved December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Tor Arne Volden: Sarah Louise Rung årets funksjonshemmede utøver! Norges Svømmeforbund , January 8, 2011, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
11. ↑ Tor Arne Volden: To priser til Alexander og én til Sarah. Norges Svømmeforbund , January 7, 2012, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian). 
12. ↑ Martin Hafsahl: Nominerte til Idrettsgallaen. (No longer available online.) Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité , 6 January 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 30, 2012 (Norwegian).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
13. ↑ Tor Arne Volden: Flere svømme-nominasjoner til Idrettsgallaen. Norges Svømmeforbund , December 20, 2012, accessed December 30, 2012 (Norwegian).