Virginia Farmer (born October 19, 1975) is an American Samoan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] At age thirty-two, Farmer made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 50 m freestyle. She finished third in the fourth heat by twelve hundredths of a second (0.12) behind Swaziland's Senele Dlamini, with a time of 28.82 seconds. Farmer, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed sixty-second out of ninety-two swimmers in the overall rankings.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 19, 1975 San Luis Obispo, California, USA |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Virginia Farmer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
External links
edit- Virginia Farmer at World Aquatics
- Virginia Farmer at Olympics.com
- Virginia Farmer at Olympedia
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
 | This biographical article related to an Oceanian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to sport in American Samoa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |