Personal information | |
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Full name | Patricia Villarreal Vargas |
National team | Mexico |
Born | Torreón, Mexico | 5 June 1983
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Bolles School Sharks (U.S.) |
Coach | Larry Shofe (U.S.) |
Patricia Villarreal Vargas (born June 5, 1983) is a Mexican former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. [1] She represented Mexico, as a 17-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also became a member of Sharks Swim Club at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida under her personal coach Larry Shofe. [2] [3]
Villarreal swam only in a long-distance freestyle double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 4:22.27 (400 m freestyle) and 8:52.04 (800 m freestyle) from the Mexican Youth Olympic Festival in Hermosillo. [4] [5] [6] On the second day of the Games, Villarreal placed thirty-third in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat one, she came up with a fantastic swim on the final lap to pick up a third seed in 4:21.03, sufficiently enough for her lifetime best. [7] [8] Five days later, in the 800 m freestyle, Villarreal participated in heat one against three other swimmers Ivanka Moralieva of Bulgaria, Lin Chi-chan of Chinese Taipei, and Cecilia Biagioli of Argentina. Starting from last on an early length, she held off a challenge from Lin to grab a second seed and twenty-first overall in 8:54.79, two seconds below her entry standard. [9] [10] [11]
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