Arkansas HR 1045: TO RECOGNIZE JULIA GAFFNEY FOR EARNING TWO (2) BRONZE MEDALS IN SWIMMING AT THE TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES.

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State of Arkansas    1 
93rd General Assembly        2 
Fiscal Session, 2022  HR 1045 3 
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By: Representative Ray 5 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION 7 
TO RECOGNIZE JULIA GAFFNEY FOR EARNING TWO (2) BRONZE 8 
MEDALS IN SWIMMING AT THE TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC 9 
GAMES.  10 
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TO RECOGNIZE JULIA GAFFNEY FOR EARNING 14 
TWO (2) BRONZE MEDALS IN SWIMMING AT THE 15 
TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES. 16 
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 19 
OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20 
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 WHEREAS, Julia Gaffney is an American Paralympic swimmer who was born 22 
in Russia but raised in Mayflower, Arkansas and began competing in Para 23 
swimming in 2015; and 24 
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 WHEREAS, when Gaffney was born, she had her right leg amputated above 26 
the knee and her left leg amputated below the knee; and 27 
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 WHEREAS, during her Para swimming career, Gaffney has won five (5) 29 
silver medals and a bronze medal at the 2017 World Para Swimming 30 
Championships in Mexico City and a gold medal in the Women's two-hundred-31 
meter individual medley at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in 32 
London; and 33 
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 WHEREAS, Gaffney swam in five (5) events at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic 35 
Games, winning bronze in the Women's one-hundred-meter backstroke and Women's 36 

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four-hundred-meter freestyle, 1 
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NOW THEREFORE, 3 
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 4 
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 5 
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 THAT the House of Representatives recognize Julia Gaffney for earning 7 
two (2) bronze medals in swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. 8 
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 10 
provided to Julia Gaffney by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. 11 
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