Moreno began swimming at the age of 9 in her school team at Santa Ana, and at 11 she competed in her first national championship in La Paz.
In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, with 14 years, she was the only woman in the Bolivian delegation and also the country's flag bearer. She competed in four events: 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke, and 100 m breaststroke, improving her marks and breaking eight national records in junior and senior categories.
In subsequent Olympic editions, Moreno specialized in the 100 m breaststroke (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004) and 50 m freestyle (Beijing 2008).[1]
Personal life
Moreno is married to José Quintanilla, a swimming coach, with whom she founded the Escuela de Natación Samix in 1998. They are parents of four children: José Alberto (27), Katerine (25), José Adrián (14), and María Jesús (11).[2]
She experienced a “fifth Olympics” through her son José Alberto, who qualified for the 50 m freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first Bolivian male swimmer to compete with a qualifying time.[3]
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