Susana Escobar

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Susana Escobar
Personal information
Full nameCharetzeri Susana Escobar Torres
NationalityFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Born (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 36)
Guanajuato, Mexico
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubAMV La Loma Swim Club
Acuatica Nelson Vargas
College team Texas Longhorns (2006-)
CoachJack Roach
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 4x200 m freestyle
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 800 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 400 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 4x200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 400 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Cartagena 200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Mayagüez 400 m medley

Susana Escobar (born 13 December 1987 in Guanajuato, Guanajuato) is a Mexican swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she attends and swims for the USA's University of Texas at Austin.

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At the 2008 Olympics, she set three Mexican Records in the three events she swam: the 400 free (4:11.99 20th), 800 free (8:33.51 18th), and 400 IM (4:47.32 30th). [1] [2]

She also swam at the 2007 Pan American Games. [3] She also competed at the 2009 World Championships in Rome. She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m freestyle and the 400 m individual medley. [4]

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References

  1. Escobar's Athlete Bio Archived 2008-09-09 at the Wayback Machine from the website of the 2008 Olympics. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  2. "Record Natación CL al termino PanAm 2011 en Gdl Femenil" [Long Course Swimming records as of the end of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara - female)](PDF). fmn.org.mx (in Spanish). Mexican Swimming Federation. July 2011. p. 4. Retrieved 6 April 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Escobar's bio". Texassports.com. University of Texas. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susana Escobar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2017.