Samantha Arévalo

Samantha Arévalo
Personal information
Full name Samantha Michelle Arévalo Salinas
Nationality Ecuador
Born (1994-09-30) September 30, 1994
Cuenca, Ecuador
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, Medley

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.

Career

2013 Bolivarian Games

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

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Samantha Arevalo Salinas". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Samantha Arévalo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Oro para ecuatorianos en aguas abiertas en Bolivarianos". El Universo (in Spanish). 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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