Personal information | |
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Full name | Larissa Inangorore |
National team | Burundi |
Born | 1 April 1984 |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Larissa Inangorore (born April 1, 1984) is a Burundian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] Inangorore qualified for the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA. She posted an invitation time of 1:26.31 at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. [2] [3] She participated in the first heat against two other swimmers Carolina Cerqueda of Andorra and Gloria Koussihouede. She finished behind Cerqueda in second spot by a wide 23.56-second margin in her personal best of 1:23.90. Inangorore failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-ninth overall in the preliminaries. [4] [5]
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