Michelle Alonso

Michelle Alonso Morales (born 29 March 1994, in Tenerife) is a swimmer competitor from Spain. She has been dubbed by the media as "The Little Mermaid of the Canary Islands". She is also considered one of the most important personalities of Spanish sport.

Personal Alonso was born 29 March 1994 and has an intellectual disability. As of 2012, she lived in Tenerife. at a ceremony at the Teatro de Madrid Cofidis, and attended by Princess Elena, Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, José Ignacio Wert, the president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), Miguel Cardinal, and the Director General of Sports of CSD, Ana Muñoz.

Swimming Alonso is an S14 classified swimmer.

In 2010, Alonso competed at the Tenerife International Open.

In 2012 Alonso competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities.

She raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, England where she earned a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke setting a new world record of 1:16.85. She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a gold medal in her favoured 100m breaststroke. She broke her own world record again at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with a time of 1:12:02.

During the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Michelle led the Spanish delegation at the opening ceremony carrying the flag of Spain.