Summer Schmit

Personal

• Born with congenital disarticulation of the right wrist and has no right hand
• She began swimming competitively with St. Croix Swim Club at age 11
• She started Paralympic swimming at age 12 and competed in her first Can-Am Open later that year in Bismarck, North Dakota
• She achieved her first emerging time standard in Charlotte, North Carolina at the 2016 Paralympic Trials
• Daughter of Thomas Schmit and Shannon Klint
• Has two sisters, Mackenzie and Skye
• Hobbies include traveling, reading and baking

Paralympic Experience

• 2-time Paralympian;
• Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 9th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 10th (100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women), 6th (100m Butterfly S9 - Women), 7th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 10th (100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women), 15th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – 9th (100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women), 10th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 11th (100m Butterfly S9 - Women)
• Years of participation: 100m Breaststroke SB9 - Women 2022, 2023; 100m Butterfly S9 - Women 2022, 2023; 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women 2022, 2023; 400m Freestyle S9 - Women 2022, 2023
• Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
• Bronze – 2022 (400m Freestyle S9 - Women)