Fernanda González
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Personal information | |
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Full name | María Fernanda González Ramirez |
Nickname(s) | La Garza. Mafer. La diva del barrio. |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Mexico City, DF, Mexico | April 25, 1990
Height | 174.9 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Backstroke |
Club | Colorado Stars |
Medal record |
María Fernanda González Ramirez (born April 25, 1990)[1] is an Olympic and National record-holding backstroke swimmer from Mexico. She swam for Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
In March 2012, González was the first of Mexico's swimming qualifiers for the 2012 Olympics.[3] She swam in the 100 and 200 m backstroke.[1]
Career[]
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As of March 2008, González holds the Mexican Records in the long-course (50m) 50, 100 and 200 backstrokes, as well as in the short-course (25m) 100 and 200 backstrokes.
At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, she set the Games Records by winning the 50 and 100 backstroke events (30.61 and 1:04.28). In the 100 back, González also bettered a 20-year-old record set by Costa Rica's Silvia Poll (1:04.43) at the 1986 Games.
References[]
- ^ a b "Fernanda Gonzalez Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ González's bio from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ (in Spanish) La campeona solitaria (trans: The lone champion), by Raúl Ochoa, Proceso. Published 2012-03-30; retrieved 2012-04-05.
External links[]
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Mexican female swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic swimmers of Mexico
- Swimmers from Mexico City
- Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming
- Female backstroke swimmers
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Mexican swimming biography stubs