Samantha Arévalo

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Samantha Michelle Arévalo Salinas (born September 30, 1994) is an Ecuadorian swimmer.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 800 metre freestyle, finishing in 29th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the final.[2] She trains in Rome, Italy.

Samantha Arévalo
Personal information
Full nameSamantha Michelle Arévalo Salinas
Born (1994-09-30) September 30, 1994 (age 30)
Cuenca, Ecuador
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Ecuador
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest 10 km open water
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 10 km open water
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santiago 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santiago 3 km team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Medellín 400 m medley

Career

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2013 Bolivarian Games

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participated in the open water competition in the Trujillo 2013 Bolivarian Games with her training partner Ivan Enderica. Samantha won a gold medal with a time of 2:08:33. Due to the low temperatures of the lake, many participants withdrew because of hypothermia.[3]

Toronto 2015

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At first it was announced that the Ecuadorian swimmer won the Pan American gold, but after analyzing the results, Samantha Arévalo was left with the bronze medal for a tenth of a second. The winner was the American Eva Fabian with a time of 2: 03: 17.0. Samantha, finished with a time of 2: 03: 167.1.

In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometres at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[4] She did not finish her race.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Samantha Arevalo Salinas". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Samantha Arévalo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "Oro para ecuatorianos en aguas abiertas en Bolivarianos". El Universo (in Spanish). 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  4. ^ a b "Women's marathon 10 kilometres" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
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