Carmen Weiler

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Carmen Weiler
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Full nameCarmen Weiler Sastre
Born (2004-10-25) 25 October 2004 (age 20)
Singapore
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Sport Swimming
Medal record
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Rome 50 m backstroke

Carmen Weiler Sastre (born 25 October 2004) is a Spanish swimmer, having her best results at backstroke events.

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Career

She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she stablished a new Spanish national record in the preliminary heats, with a time of 59.57 seconds, qualifying to the semifinals. [1] In this event she finished in a final 9th overall position.

She was born and raised in Singapore to a German father and a Spanish mother. [2]

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References

  1. "Women's 100m Backstroke Heats Results" (PDF). Olympics.com/OG2024/.
  2. "Carmen Weiler, la nova perla de la natació espanyola que poleix el català Sergi López" [Carmen Weiler, the new pearl of Spanish swimming that the Catalan Sergi López polishes]. ccma.cat (in Catalan). 29 March 2023.