Personal information | |
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Full name | Teresa Rivera Pastrana |
Nationality | Mexican |
Born | Mexico | April 24, 1966
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke |
Medal record |
Teresa Rivera Pastrana (born April 24, 1966) is a former female backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1980. Her best result was a 6th place in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. She won three bronze medals at the Panamerican games in 1979. She later retired from swimming and became a teacher teaching Health 101 to Freshmen at the American School Foundation of Mexico City. Also, she is the head of the swimming department swimming at ASF.
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