Deborah Gruen

Deborah Gruen is a former American Paralympic swimmer.

Biography

Deborah Gruen started swimming when she was 5-years-old. She enrolled into Yale University in 2006 and is currently studies Chinese at Peking University. She began competing for Paralympic Games in 2004 where she won her first bronze medal in 2004 Paralympic Games which were held in Athens, Greece for 100 metres (330 ft) breaststroke. Four years later she won another one at 2008 Summer Paralympics which were held in Beijing, China. In 2009 she was awarded silver medal at Paralympic World Cup which was held at Manchester, England. Besides Olympics she also held two world records in 2006 for 200 metres (660 ft) breaststroke and 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) freestyle at U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships in San Antonio, Texas and one more in 2009 for 400 metres (1,300 ft) individual medley at Spring Canadian-American Championships in Portland, Oregon.