Geraldine Arce Vanegas (born 1 February 1988) is a Nicaraguan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Arce qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 28.15.[2][3] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including 31-year-old Melanie Slowing of Guatemala. She edged out Sri Lanka's Menaka de Silva to take a sixth spot by two tenths of a second (0.20) in 28.73. Arce failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-first overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries.[4][5]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Geraldine Arce Vanegas |
| National team |  Nicaragua |
| Born | 1 February 1988 Managua, Nicaragua |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
References
edit- ^ "Geraldine Arce". 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Pérez, Wilder (11 May 2004). "Dos más a Atenas" [Two more to Athens] (in Spanish). La Prensa (Nicaragua). Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
External links
edit- Sports Profile – Terra Central America (in Spanish)
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