Jenny Guerrero

Jenny Rose Guerrero (born October 10, 1984) is a Filipino former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented the Philippines, as the youngest ever athlete of the squad (aged 14), at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won two medals at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, and later became a top 8 finalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea before her official retirement in 2005.

Jenny Guerrero
Personal information
Full nameJenny Rose Guerrero
National team Philippines
Born (1984-10-10) 10 October 1984
Muntinlupa City, Philippines
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubAlabang Gators Swim Team
CoachAnthony Lozada
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
2001 Kuala Lumpur 100 m breaststroke
2001 Kuala Lumpur 200 m breaststroke

Started her sporting career at the age of eight, Guerrero trained for the Alabang Gators Swim Team in Muntinlupa City under her longtime coach and mentor Anthony Lozada, before she rose to a worldwide fame at the age of fourteen.[2]

Guerrero competed in a breaststroke double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 1:13.04 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:36.90 (200 m breaststroke) from the Southeast Asian Games in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.[3][4] On the second day of the Games, Guerrero placed thirty-fifth in the 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat three, she struggled to keep her pace against seven other swimmers, and raced to the last seed in 1:15.14, more than two seconds below her entry standard.[5][6] Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Guerrero posted a time of 2:38.10 in heat one, but finished farther from the semifinal field with a thirty-first-place effort.[7][8]

At the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Guerrero held off a three-way challenge in the pool against host nation's Siow Yi Ting and Singapore's Nicolette Teo, but her relentless effort was worthy enough to take home the silver in the 100 m breaststroke (1:12.91, a fresh Filipino record) and bronze in the 200 m breaststroke (2:36.05).[9]

Two years after her first worldwide debut, Guerrero competed at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, where she failed to medal in any of her individual events, finishing eighth in the 200 m breaststroke (2:37.26), and being disqualified for an illegal dolphin kick in the 100 m breaststroke.[10][11]

Guerrero is a graduate of University of the Philippines Diliman with a bachelor of science degree major in hotel and restaurant management (HRM). She is currently working as a head coach for the Bert Lozada Swim School in Quezon City.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jenny Guerrero". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. Padilla, Stephen Norries (18 April 2010). "Beat the heat: Learn to swim". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  6. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 266. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  8. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 200m Breaststroke)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  9. "Singapore swimming queen's heir apparent shows mettle". Utusan Malaysia. 11 September 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  10. "Wu and Qi Win Third Gold Apiece, as China Winds Up a Dominant Performance at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 5 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  11. Ibarle, Trina (8 February 2004). "Guerrero's Japan trip turned down for a lack of budget – Pasa". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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