Ana Carolina Aguilera

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Ana Carolina Aguilera
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Full nameAna Carolina Aguilera
National teamFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (1981-05-27) 27 May 1981 (age 42)
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly

Ana Carolina Aguilera (born May 27, 1981) is an Argentine former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. [1] Aguilera competed only in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 2:18.42 from the Argentina National Championships in Buenos Aires. [2] She participated in heat one against three other swimmers Chan Wing Suet of Hong Kong, Tinka Dančević of Croatia, and Hana Majaj of Jordan. Entering the race with the fastest-seeded time, she managed to pull off a third-place effort in 2:21.23, but finished behind leader Chan by 1.37 seconds. Aguilera failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth overall in the prelims. [3] [4] [5]

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