Marianela Quesada

Marianela Quesada Barrantes (born April 17, 1988) is a Costa Rican swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented her nation Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently owned a Costa Rican national record in both the 50 and 100 m freestyle.[2]

Marianela Quesada
Personal information
Full nameMarianela Quesada Barrantes
National team Costa Rica
Born (1988-04-17) 17 April 1988
San José, Costa Rica
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Quesada received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as Costa Rica's lone female swimmer in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Swimming on the outside in heat six, Quesada could not beat the vastly experienced field to round out the race in last with a time of 28.11. Quesada failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed fifty-seventh overall out of 92 swimmers in the prelims.[3][4]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marianela Quesada". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. "La nadadora Marianela Quesada se convierte en la octava representante de Costa Rica para Pekín 2008" [Swimmer Marianela Quesada becomes Costa Rica's eighth athlete for Beijing 2008] (in Spanish). Soitu.es. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 6". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  4. "Dalia impone un récord nacional" [Dalia breaks a national record] (in Spanish). Nicaragua: La Prensa. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2016.


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