Costa Rica swimmer Camila Haase won the Americas Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Month prize ©Getty Images

Costa Rica swimmer Camila Haase has been chosen as the Americas Paralympic Committee (APC) Athlete of the Month for October after receiving 44 per cent of the online public vote.

Haase won four gold medals in the women's 100 metres butterfly, 100m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m medley S9 at the Barranquilla National Open in Colombia.

She was among 30 athletes and coaches identified and trained by the Agitos Foundation in Bogota, Colombia, in early 2016, as part of the "Road to São Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games" programme.

That same year she became Costa Rica's first female Paralympian at Rio 2016, finishing eighth in the women's 100m breaststroke SB8.

Chilean field athlete Francisca Mardones was second in the vote with 37 per cent.

Daniel Romanchuk featured on the shortlist for Americas Athlete of the Month having captured his first major marathon victory in Chicago ©Getty Images
Daniel Romanchuk featured on the shortlist for Americas Athlete of the Month having captured his first major marathon victory in Chicago ©Getty Images

She was followed by the Mexican men's wheelchair basketball team, Peruvian swimmer Dunia Felices and US track and road athlete Daniel Romanchuk.

The nominations were compiled after submissions by National Paralympic Committees from across the continent.

A vote was then held on the APC website.