Marianela Quesada Barrantes (born April 17, 1988) is a Costa Rican swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics; she currently holds the Costa Rican national record in both the 50 and 100 m freestyle.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marianela Quesada Barrantes |
| National team |  Costa Rica |
| Born | 17 April 1988 San José, Costa Rica |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 6". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ "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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