Imelda Martínez

Imelda Martínez
Personal information
Full nameImelda Martínez Gómez
Nationality Mexico
Born (1982-07-16) 16 July 1982 (age 42)
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
EventOpen water marathon

Imelda Martínez Gómez (born July 16, 1982, in Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.[1] Martinez qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing seventh in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[2][3] Martinez swam in the first-ever women's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including South African amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit, British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, and sixteen-year-old American Chloe Sutton. Martinez finished the race in twentieth place, with a time of 2:01:07.9, one minute and forty seconds (1:40) behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Imelda Martínez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Imelda Martínez clasificó a JO en natación de aguas abiertas" [Imelda Martínez qualifies for open water swimming at the Olympic Games] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 31 May 2008. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's Marathon 10km". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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