Gretchen Gotay

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Gretchen Gotay
Personal information
Full nameGretchen Gotay Cordero
National teamFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Born (1980-08-14) 14 August 1980 (age 43)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, backstroke
ClubAthens Bulldogs Swim Club (U.S.)
CoachHarvey Humphries
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Puerto Rico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Maracaibo 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 San Salvador 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 San Salvador 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m medley

Gretchen Gotay Cordero (born August 14, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events. [1] She won a total of four medals (2 golds and 2 bronze) in both freestyle and medley relays at the Central American and Caribbean Games (1998, 2002, and 2006). [2] She is a member of Athens Bulldogs Swim Club under her personal coach Harvey Humphries, and a graduate with a master's degree in sports management at the University of Georgia in Athens. [3]

Gotay qualified for the women's 200 m backstroke, as a member of the Puerto Rico team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She posted a meet-record and a FINA B-standard of 2:19.89 from the Caribbean Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. [3] [4] She participated in the first heat, against two other swimmers Saida Iskandarova of Uzbekistan, and Sherry Tsai of Hong Kong, who carried the nation's flag in the opening ceremony. She raced to second place by a 4.56-second margin behind winner Tsai, outside her entry time of 2:23.39. Gotay failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-first overall in the preliminaries. [5] [6]

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