Talía Barrios

Talía Barrios (born November 22, 1980) is a Peruvian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented Peru at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also trained for the Bolles School Swim Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida under head coaches Larry Shofe and Gregg Troy.[2][3]

Talía Barrios
Personal information
Full nameTalía Barrios
National team Peru
Born (1980-11-22) 22 November 1980
Lima, Peru
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubBolles School Sharks (U.S.)

Barrios competed only in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] She achieved a FINA B-cut of 27.22 from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[5] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Russian import Yekaterina Tochenaya of Kyrgyzstan, and Yugoslavia's two-time Olympian Duška Radan. She saved a seventh spot over Guinea's Aissatou Barry by a wide margin of 7.68 seconds in 28.11. Barrios failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-second overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims.[6][7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Talía Barrios". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. "Bolles in the Olympics". Bolles School. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Scavino, Jim (12 August 1999). "Bolles alums represent home nations in Pan Am". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  4. "Costarricense Claudia Poll favorita latinoamérica para obtener medalla en natación olímpica" [Costa Rican Claudia Poll becomes a Latin American favorite for Olympic swimming medal] (in Spanish). La Nación. 12 September 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  8. "Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 22, 2000)". Sydney 2000. ESPN. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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