AR SR48

Arkansas Senate resolution recognizing Olivia Chambers of Little Rock, a Paralympic swimmer who won gold in the women's 400-meter freestyle S13 and two silver medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris

Chambers began swimming at age 4 with the Arkansas Dolphins Swim Team, broke her first state record at age 7, and began losing her vision at age 16 due to Multiple Mitochondrial Gene Deletion Syndrome, rendering her legally blind

Holds 7 Para Swimming American records and 2 world records, is an 8-time champion at U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships, and earned 6 medals at the 2023 Para Swimming World Championships in Manchester

Currently attends University of Northern Iowa in the Honors College with a double major in biology and psychology, and was named to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team in 2023, 2024, and 2025

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to present a copy of the resolution to Chambers upon adoption