Erika Stewart

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Erika Stewart
Personal information
Full nameErika Layne Stewart
National teamFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Born (1990-08-02) 2 August 1990 (age 29)
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley
ClubMarlins of Raleigh (U.S.)
College team University of Virginia (U.S.) [1]
CoachMark Bernardino (U.S.) [1]

Erika Layne Stewart (born August 2, 1990) is an American swimmer of Colombian origin, who specialized in the individual medley events. [2] Born and raised in the United States, she acquired a dual citizenship to compete internationally and represent her father's homeland Colombia in swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [3] [4] While serving as a member of Marlins of Raleigh club in her home state North Carolina, Stewart also trained under head coach Mark Bernardino for the University of Virginia's Cavaliers swimming team. [1]

Colombia Country in South America

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country largely situated in the north of South America, with land, and territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the west by the Pacific. It comprises thirty-two departments, with the capital in Bogotá.

2008 Summer Olympics Games of the XXIX Olympiad, held in Beijing in 2008

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Stewart competed for Colombia in the women's 200 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [4] Although she finished outside the top eight final at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, she scored a lifetime best of 2:19.75 to slide under the FINA B-cut (2:20.00) by exactly a quarter of a second (0.25) and assure her exceptional selection to the Colombian team. [3] [5] Coming from third at the halfway mark in heat one, Stewart stormed home on the rear of the dominant breaststroke leg to crush a new Colombian record for the runner-up spot in 2:18.54, just 0.29 seconds behind the leader Hanna Dzerkal of Ukraine. Stewart's remarkable Olympic feat in the pool would not be enough for her to celebrate, as she just finished only in thirty-second overall and did not advance to the semifinals. [3] [6]

The women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 11–13 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Q&A with Erika Stewart". University of Virginia . Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Erika Stewart". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Palmer, Katharine (20 October 2008). "An Olympic Dream". University of Virginia . Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Erika Stewart nadará en Pekín" [Erika Stewart swims in Beijing] (in Spanish). Colombia: El Tiempo. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Individual Medley" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 81. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Swimming: Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.


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