Julia Castelló Farré (born 16 March 1990) is a Paralympic swimmer from Spain.
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Castelló is from the Catalan region of Spain. She has a physical disability. Living at the High Performance Centre (CAR) of San Cugat del Vallés in 2013, she shared a room with
Melani Costa
Melania Felicitas Costa Schmid, (born 24 April 1989), also known as Melani Costa, is a Spanish competition swimmer.S6 classified swimmer. She is affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Physically Disabled (FEDDF).
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2009 IPC Swimming European Championships
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Reykjavík
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Iceland
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, Sarai Gascón Moreno, Ana Rubio, Esther Morales Fernández and Julia Castelló won a bronze medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay. She won another two bronze medals at the competition. She was one of 42 Spanish team members, of which 22 had physical disabilities, 6 had cerebral palsy, 10 were blind and four had intellectual disabilities. In 2010, she attended a swimming camp with the national team that was part of the Paralympic High Performance Program (HARP Program). In 2010, she competed at the Tenerife International Open, where she set a world record for the S6 100 meter backstroke. She competed in the 2010 World Championship in the Netherlands. She failed to make the finals in the 50 meter butterfly.
Castelló competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany, where she won a bronze medal. At the 2012 Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities, she set a world record in the 200 meter backstroke.
Castelló competed at the 2013 Swimming Championship of Catalonia, hosted by the Sabadell Swimming Club, where she was one of nine Spanish swimmers to set a qualifying time for the World Championships. She also set Spanish records at the competition in the 50 and 100 meter backstroke. She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships. From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.